A study published last month claims to conclusively demonstrate that repetitive head impacts are a definitive cause of CTE found in athletes with a history of head hits. The study is a game changer. Just not in the NHL. Opinion by dfeschuk
Bob Probert and Rick Martin. And the publication of this latest study apparently has not changed the league’s view.
But there are a couple of things to understand about that consensus statement. For one, it was released in 2017. Blame COVID for squashing more than one attempt by the group to reconvene and issue a more recent take. For another, the group’s chair and lead author of that consensus statement, Dr. Paul McCrory, resigned his post in March amid plagiarism accusations.
Forget all that. Until further notice, the NHL is sticking by the 2017 work of the group then headed by an accused plagiarist. The Concussion in Sport Group is next scheduled to come together to assess the state of the science in October. If the group does, indeed, modify its view, it’ll be worth watching how the NHL reacts. The publication of the new study has seen Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender, renew his call for the NHL to install a zero-tolerance policy on hits to the head. Bettman has previously scoffed at the practicality of the idea.
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