. @@@@@@@ to men like john mackey and brent boyd, to men like mr., and the families like mike webster and underwater, and to those organizations that stand with us, i commit and we commit this is our primary mission. we will not fail them. i will not fail them. but myself and the current and retired players of the national football league are committed to getting this right. i was elected by the board of player representatives in march of this year. since that time we've taken the following steps to address this issue. in may 2009, we created the nfl players concussion and traumatic brain injury committee. it addressed two critical issues -- that diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of concussions and tv guide and active players, and the long term, cumulative effects of tv guide in nfl players -- and tbi in active players. how these conditions can be reduced for eliminated. this committee will act as a superconductor of current and future studies and is charged -- to get the right -- to get the answer right. two weeks ago, i met with all the chapter presidents and steering committee m

former players like mike webster, the diagnosis came too late. lastly i mentioned earlier that i will wear a second half as a researcher for it might force ask is that you examine carefully the studies but before you. some will say that it should be disregarded or misreported or they have been exaggerated. i encourage you to talk with third-party experts about the quality of the studies. there are different kinds of bias. there is an appliance of opinion. i have to buy as with my husband being where he is today. -- i have a bias, but there are other methodological by a cs. i encourage you to listen to other experts about these kinds of things and the issues of statistical power. i provided more details and examples in my written testimony. i know that you are not doctors or scientists. but i know and i have the confidence that you are able to understand clear information provided to you in the status, especially with the excesses of third-party methodologies to to make this very clear. and i thank you for letting me be here today. >> we are grate

in an october of 2009 issue of q.g., we were told the story of mike webster, the legendary center for the steelers. at the height of his career, mike webster was publicly revered as an unstoppable tight and and formidable force in the league. yet shortly before his death in 2002 at the age of 50, he spent his latter years homeless, suffering from dementia, while in a contention legal battle with the very organization that made him a legend. they called it a battle against a multibillion-dollar industry that seemed to have used mike webster, allowed him to be destroyed and then threw him away like a rotten piece of meat. i bring up his case because he had dementia which obviously associated with the years he played. why could he not get taken care of by the nfl? >> well, congresswoman, this was before my time as commissioner. i will say -- and i'm happy to say -- in our current state right now, he would be eligible to participate in our a.d.a. plan and would get the benefits of the a.d.a. plan regardless of whether that was caused by playing in the game. >> how many players do you have

in an october of 2009 issue of q.g., we were told the story of mike webster, the legendary center for the steelers. at the height of his career, mike webster was publicly revered as an unstoppable tight and and formidable force in the league. yet shortly before his death in 2002 at the age of 50, he spent his latter years homeless, suffering from dementia, while in a contention legal battle with the very organization that made him a legend. they called it a battle against a multibillion-dollar industry that seemed to have used mike webster, allowed him to be destroyed and then threw him away like a rotten piece of meat. i bring up his case because he had dementia which obviously associated with the years he played. why could he not get taken care of by the nfl? >> well, congresswoman, this was before my time as commissioner. i will say -- and i'm happy to say -- in our current state right now, he would be eligible to participate in our a.d.a. plan and would get the benefits of the a.d.a. plan regardless of whether that was caused by playing in the game. >> how many players do you have

former players like mike webster, the diagnosis came too late. lastly i mentioned earlier that i will wear a second half as a researcher for it might force ask is that you examine carefully the studies but before you. some will say that it should be disregarded or misreported or they have been exaggerated. i encourage you to talk with third-party experts about the quality of the studies. there are different kinds of bias. there is an appliance of opinion. i have to buy as with my husband being where he is today. -- i have a bias, but there are other methodological by a cs. i encourage you to listen to other experts about these kinds of things and the issues of statistical power. i provided more details and examples in my written testimony. i know that you are not doctors or scientists. but i know and i have the confidence that you are able to understand clear information provided to you in the status, especially with the excesses of third-party methodologies to to make this very clear. and i thank you for letting me be here today. >> we are grate

mike webster the 50-year-old, nine-time pro bowl center for the steelers. he died regrettably a pennyless wreck clues, sleeping on the floor of a pittsburgh train station. and terry long, 45-year-old ex-steeler who died after drinking anti-freeze. and andre waters, a 44-year-old former safety, for the philadelphia eagles, who suffered from chronic pain and depression and -- later shot himself in the mouth. and today, dr. mckee will testify that former droil lions offensive lineman lou creek mer was toreanted so much that in his final years he lost the ability to speak and frequently turn violent. lou is a player who is not the victim of multiple concussions and he reportedly never missed a game during his 10-year career. and the national football league is performing its own long-term study, and has -- has largely sought the -- to discredit these reports or some of the conclusions drawn from some of these reports. the football league described the -- the reports as flawed. and dr. ire are cassen, the cochair of the nfl mild traumatic brain injury committee

we remember mike webster, the pro bowl center from the pittsburg steelers who died regrettably a penniless reckless, sleeping on the floor of the pittsburg training station. . . former safety, for the philadelphia eagles, who suffered from chronic pain and depression and -- later shot himself in the mouth. and today, dr. mckee will testify that former droil lions offensive lineman lou creek mer was toreanted so much that in his final years he lost the ability to speak and frequently ability to speak and frequently turn violent. lou is a player who is not the victim of multiple concussions and he reportedly never missed a game during his 10-year career. and the national football league is performing its own long-term study, and has -- has largely sought the -- to discredit these reports or some of the conclusions drawn from some of these reports. the football league described the -- the reports as flawed. and dr. ire are cassen, the cochair of the nfl mild traumatic brain injury committee denied the linkage on six separate occasions. when asked whether there was any linkage between playing

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mike webster the 50-year-old, nine-time pro bowl center for the steelers.e died regrettably a pennyless wreck clues, sleeping on the floor of a pittsburgh train station. and terry long, 45-year-old ex-steeler who died after drinking anti-freeze. and andre waters, a 44-year-old former safety, for the philadelphia@@$rr"' and the national football league is performing its own long-term study, and has -- has largely sought the -- to discredit these reports or some of the conclusions drawn from some of these reports. the football league described the -- the reports as flawed. and dr. ire are cassen, the cochair of the nfl mild traumatic brain injury committee denied the linkage on six separate occasions. when asked whether there was any linkage between playing football and c.t.e., dr. cassen stated it has never been scientifically validly documented. and the league said that the recent university of michigan study was flawed. and that further study was necessary. and the new york -- the new york times data -- released last week, was -- they said, for self-promot