Kent Johnson

Football harms the brain of every boy who plays. The "Conclusive Evidence of CTE" debate is framed by the football industry and its doctors to distract parents from this simple fact. bit.ly/2Ytvvpe

@CyndyFeasel His ex's assumption that Richard was self-medicating football brain injuries with alcohol is rational and grounded in decades of scientific research. NCAA-funded doctors want us to believe that football is not a major cause of mental decline unless it's the only cause.

knoxnews.com/story/sports/c… #football #CTE #afterthecheeringstops #braindamaged

Two Ex-Players Sue N.F.L. and Union Over Cuts in Disability Payments nytimes.com/2020/07/12/spo… @NYTSports @nytimes @NFLPA @NFL

@btoppmeyer Meanwhile, the NCAA pays doctors tens of millions of dollars pushing the view that if football isn't SOLEY to blame for premature mental decline of former players, then the game shouldn't be blamed at all.

@btoppmeyer Thank you for reporting Mrs Pickens' hypotheses that Richard was self- medicating his football brain injuries and that alcohol abuse sped up his mental decline.

‘He just sort of withered away.’ Richard Pickens starred at Young High & Tennessee. He loved football. Football wrecked his brain. Pickens had Stage III CTE when he died in 2014. His family, friends & the Dr. who examined his brain tell his story: knoxnews.com/story/sports/c…

A portrait of CTE: Life of Richard Pickens, former Vols standout, shows disease's effect rssfeeds.knoxnews.com/~/630097349/0/…

North American sport, all the way down, is a project to legitimize the instrumentalization of the human body for capital. Never has that been more clear.

If youth sports cannot be sustained because of revenue lost during the pandemic, so be it. How is this an institution we want to entrust our children to if it is willing to risk their lives for its own survival? What exactly does it have to do with health or education?

Coronavirus in Memphis: Three new COVID-19 fatalities reported, 90% of ICU beds in use rssfeeds.commercialappeal.com/~/629378714/0/…

Dan Rather says it makes no sense that #BetsyDeVos and the Trump administration want to destroy public schools. They do and it makes sense if you know where its coming from. @amjoyshow amazon.com/Building-Gods-…

From ⁦@AspenInstSports⁩: Youth sports teams have dramatically increased their return to organized play and at a faster rate than initially expected, according to TeamSnap data. aspenprojectplay.org/coronavirus-an…

NFLPA president JC Tretter not happy with give-and-take with NFL over COVID-19 protocols: Crowquill cleveland.com/sports/2020/07… Name the experts and the data supporting the PAs position.

@GlacierValleyHW Thank yu. i've been dealing with a serious illness and severe side effects of treatment

@37919KJ haven't been on Twitter as much lately, so I haven't seen you on the tl much. Hope you are well 👊🙏👨‍🌾

@profagagne No but it's easy for simple minds to draw that conclusion from " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Ohio State has paused all voluntary workouts on campus following the results of its most recent COVID-19 testing of student-athletes. School doesn’t release number of positive tests

Gay Culverhouse,Who Helped Injured Football Players, Dies at 73 nytimes.com/2020/07/02/spo… A selfless champion for retired @nfl players seeking benefits @NFLPA @NYTSports @nytimes

“As schools make decisions that could profoundly impact the lives of their athletes, with little or no input from those athletes themselves, college FB players are plainly lacking the key mechanism that protects their professional counterparts: A union” si.com/college/2020/0…

@davidmweissman Yes. State Senator Doug Henry led the resistance in Tennessee. And they resisted mandatory motorcycle helmet laws.

BREAKING: Knox County Board of Health votes 7-1 to mandate a mask ordinance for anyone inside certain buildings. Mayor Jacobs is the only nay. Board will re-evaluate the order at its next meeting.

65 players from the last national Championship are now quarantining due to Covid.

@TDTommy33 @USATODAY Yeah.Coaches say the darnedest things. Even top ADs (Clemson, Florida) are on record saying they are growing very worried.

@37919KJ @USATODAY They all feel good about the plan? Really 100% consensus sees unlikely

I think everybody feels good about their plan. I know we certainly feel good about ours.”-- Coach Return of college athletes for workouts brings COVID-19 issues that could threaten fall schedule usatoday.com/story/sports/n… via @usatoday