Last week somebody from the NFL stated the obvious and admitted there was a link between CTE and football. He was asked about it by a congresswoman on Capitol Hill.
That "somebody" was Jeff Miller, you may not have previously heard of him, but he's the NFL's senior vice president for health and safety policy. It was noteworthy if for no other reason than somebody from the league finally stopped rebutting scientific analysis with phony skepticism and outright denial. To the most optimistic it was a brief breakthrough of sincerity.
Anyway today, at the owners meetings, we got back to the phony skepticism and outright denial. It happened when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked about Miller's comments by SportsBusiness Journal's Daniel Kaplan. Jones took the position we've heard once or twice before, stating:
Pushed a little further about the link he called it "absurd," which some may find absurd in and of itself, and then rambled for awhile:
Ironically, Miller was relying upon research by Dr. Ann McKee, who found CTE in 90 of 94 dead NFLers, to back up his answer.
We'll update this story if/when Jones releases his peer-reviewed article.
[via @DKaplanSBJ]
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