Author: Ann McKee

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I just want to make sports safe for our kids.

I just want to make sports safe for our kids.

- Ann McKee

I can't say I love football anymore.

I can't say I love football anymore.

- Ann McKee

I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.

I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.

- Ann McKee

My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

- Ann McKee

I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.

I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.

- Ann McKee

If football is your passion in life and you would rather play football for 20 years and have a shortened life span, that's your choice.

If football is your passion in life and you would rather play football for 20 years and have a shortened life span, that's your choice.

- Ann McKee

While we know, on average, that certain positions experience more repetitive head impacts and are more likely at greater risk for CTE, no position is immune.

While we know, on average, that certain positions experience more repetitive head impacts and are more likely at greater risk for CTE, no position is immune.

- Ann McKee

Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we're also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players.

Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we're also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players.

- Ann McKee

CTE can be caused by smaller hits to the head over time.

CTE can be caused by smaller hits to the head over time.

- Ann McKee

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