Brain Damaged

You can pre-order a hardcover copy of “Brain Damaged” now at our website braindamagedbook.com for $24.95 + $3.50 s&h + applicable taxes which will be released/shipped 3/31/19! #braindamaged #twominutewarning #facesofCTE

Today we pause to remember Paul Bright Jr. on CTE Awareness Day. Paul Bright Jr. was an assistant chef on TV and movie sets. He played tackle football from ages 7–15. A brain autopsy confirmed Stage I CTE & damage to his amygdala, corpus callosum and left ventricle. #facesofcte

@elonmusk Now Twitter is like youth sports, pay-to-play. And Hollywood celebs get their checkmark back if they have a big enough following, but not media. So much for free speech.

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

Stop making me one. Nothing I say is good enough so fuck it.

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

@LalaJolla @stopthesilence_ @Elianok10 @erikajayne @realtomgirardi

We closed out this decade with the continued social & mainstream media focus on the landmark lawsuit Archie v Pop Warner, which will now be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reminding us all of the underlying theme of the decade. Never underestimate the love of a mother.

This last decade gave the stories of injured athletes unprecedented news coverage starting with cheerleading at the beginning of the decade, then the NFL case, NCAA, CTE, sex abuse and the exploitation of amateur & child athletes.

On 3/30/19 the families of @FacesofCTE released our book @BrainDamagedInc w/the stories of collision sport athletes Paul Bright, Joseph Chernach, Tyler Cornell, Cody Hamblin, Greg Ploetz, Mike Jenkins, Zach Langston, Patrick Grange, Ty Pozzobon, Grant Feasel, & Junior Seau etc

April 29, 2011 in Boston, MA the National Cheer Safety Foundation hosted the first-ever Athlete Abuse Prevention Summit with the help of Dr. Cantu, Dr. Fred Mueller, Dr. Appenzeller and the @USSportsAcademy. Dr. Micheal Minix presented on Child Athlete Abuse Disorder.

In 2011, a young lawyer Jason Luckasevic from Pennsylvania filed the landmark, NFL Brain Damage lawsuit in what would become the most important case in sports law history.

On 11/11/11, the @USSportsAcademy hosted their first “Concussion Summit” with a panel of experts that included speakers, award recipients & attendees from across the sport spectrum & from around the world. This ground breaking day set the standard for education on brain injuries.

Last year, after a decade of growing the most incredible female sport there is, Acrobatics & Tumbling, the NCAA added it to their emerging sport list. The National Cheer Safety Foundation has been a supporter of the @theNCATA since they were founded in 2010. #wecount