NFL & CTE

ESPN":21hozroe said:

When the NFL's "unrestricted" $30 million gift was announced in 2012, the NIH said the money came "with no strings attached"; however, an NIH official clarified the gift terms two years later, telling Outside the Lines that, in fact, the league retained veto power over projects that it funds.

Sources told Outside the Lines that the league exercised that power when it learned that Robert Stern, a professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Boston University, would be the project's lead researcher. The league, sources said, raised concerns about Stern's objectivity, despite an exhaustive vetting process that included a "scientific merit review" and a separate evaluation by a dozen high-level experts assembled by the NIH.

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SeatownJay":2wu79oku said:

Meanwhile, the NFL administrator involved with the ATC spotters at NFL games (the "independent" observers who are tasked with stopping play if they observe a player exhibiting concussion-like symptoms during the game) is none other than Dr. Elliot Pellman, a doctor with no education or experience in brain research that has been on the NFL payroll for years and led their efforts to deny any connection between football and brain damage.

http://deadspin.com/why-is-the-nfls-mos ... 1746274559

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