This is a strong testament to the value of the research. The researchers may have saved this guy's brain, if not his life.
Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
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Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#12Has he ever been recorded giving a lecture about the Math that he does? I found a paper of his [1]. Looking at his wikipedia he is specializing in spectral graph theory , numerical linear algebra and machine learning. I think following what his next steps will be might be interesting also. Might setup a scholar Google alert.
[1] http://www.global-sci.org/jcm/openaccess/v33n2/pdf/332-209.p...
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#13Summary: a national football league player, and PhD in math from mit, John Urschel, abruptly retired 2 days after a study showing 99% of retired NFL players from a study group had chronic brain issues (Cte). This is right before training starts for the season. Edit: updates. Will point out that any summary is going to miss some facts as it's a summary. But I think people might be more likely to read the article if th…
That same player is a PhD candidate in mathematics. I think that's important.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#14Smart. Congrats! Find another sport for needed challenge ;-)
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#15There is a significant bias here in that its 99% of NFL players brains * which have been donated to the NFL *.
But honestly even if you could peek into every NFL players brain, I'm sure the likely incidence after 4-5 years of playing would be orders of magnitude greater than whats found in the general population.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#16Summary: a national football league player, and PhD in math from mit, John Urschel, abruptly retired 2 days after a study showing 99% of retired NFL players from a study group had chronic brain issues (Cte). This is right before training starts for the season. Edit: updates. Will point out that any summary is going to miss some facts as it's a summary. But I think people might be more likely to read the article if th…
. . . a study showing 99% of NFL players had chronic brain issues (Cte)"
This is not exactly true. The study required volunteers, and from what I understand, the families who volunteered already suspected brain damage, so it's not really a representative study. It's still very alarming, though.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#17Trying to watch NFL reminds me of the moment in "Django Unchained" when we meet diCaprio's character sitting in a chair watching to slaves beat each other to death.
That moment of that movie comes to me every time the TV producers cut to the team owner sitting in their fancy box in their fancy chair paying lots of African American men to beat each other up for our entertainment and profit.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#18Summary: a national football league player, and PhD in math from mit, John Urschel, abruptly retired 2 days after a study showing 99% of retired NFL players from a study group had chronic brain issues (Cte). This is right before training starts for the season. Edit: updates. Will point out that any summary is going to miss some facts as it's a summary. But I think people might be more likely to read the article if th…
> a study showing 99% of NFL players had chronic brain issues (Cte)
Just to quibble but I understood that the study revealed that 99% of the group inspected had CTE. The group was not intended to be cross-section of the general population of NFL players. Not to trivialize the results but I think you extended them beyond what they said.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#19Don't bother googling his name...seems that everyone who's getting their PhD is a genius.
> everyone who's getting their PhD is a genius
No but anyone with a PhD has a brain worth preserving.
Re: Ravens OL John Urschel, 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study
#20I'm amazed he had time to play and do a PhD at MIT. I imagine even in the off season those guys are very busy.
I thought this was a pun on the headline (implying that Urschel was not only a Ravens OL, but the author of a study.)
He's actually a math Ph.D at MIT! Crazy.