NEWSCASTER: Junior Seau was arrested for domestic violence in Oceanside California early on Monday, NEWSCASTER: Seau accused of hitting his 25-year-old girlfriend, NEWSCASTER: Junior Seau drove his SUV right off a cliff in California, NEWSCASTER: The former pro football star has apparently fallen on hard times. And here was a study that the NFL supported, and it came out not looking too good for the NFL. How do you eliminate them with and have the game still be football? August 22, Aaron Hernandez Found To Have Had "Severe" Case of CTE, NFL Acknowledges a Link Between Football, CTE, What the NFL's New Concussion Numbers Don't Answer. So he asked me, said, "Sunny, can you tase me?" And and I think she's a brilliant woman. That's really what is happening here, right? NARRATOR: Aikman's concussion was bad enough that he could not return to the game. PETER KEATING: All the teams are present. warning "Frontline" League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis (TV Episode 2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. These are questions, not statements of fact. And the headache didn't go away for five years. He may have been "the" legend and "the" hero because here's that blue-collar worker, a center, who doesn't get any glory, doesn't catch the touchdown passes, doesn't kick the 52-yard field goal to win a game. NARRATOR: Dr. McKee, who had grown up loving football, has struggled with her feelings about the sport. He's he's up in the autopsy room." The Super Bowl is a spectacle. SCL 6_APA in text citation_references quiz_AK .docx. YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM: What time is it? 911 OPERATOR: Where did he shoot himself? STEVE FAINARU: Congress saw it as a way to put the NFL's concussion policies on trial in the court of public opinion. His claim for disability was filed with the National Football League's retirement board. 25 Feb/23. ANNOUNCER: wrapped up and brought down by Owen Thomas. Dr. ANN McKEE: 8, 10, 12? NARRATOR: McHale's addictions spiraled out of control pain killers, cocaine. NARRATOR: Tom and Lisa McHale had three sons. ROBERT STERN, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, BU CTE Center: What it showed was that former NFL players seem to have memory-related disorders at a much, much higher rate than people in the regular community. Seau made millions. And I'm not talking about the knees and you know, all of that stuff is a given. NARRATOR: It took Goodell 24 years to work his way to the top. NARRATOR: Pittsburgh. I looked again. View film. NARRATOR: They insisted the league had done nothing wrong. Dr. ANN McKEE: I don't want to get into the sexism too much, but sexism plays a big role when you're a doctor of my age who's come up in the ranks with a lot of male doctors. And the pathologist who's on call that day is this guy, Bennet Omalu. Get ready to receive more awesome content from WFE soon! There's something something doesn't match." FOOTBALL ANNOUNCERS: Erenberg touchdown! STEVE FAINARU: There were cracks running the length of his feet, and they were incredibly painful. He telephoned Seau's son, Tyler, to get consent to take his father's brain. You know, she describes it as like the greatest collision on earth for her. He was just 50 years old. Each time that happens, it's around 20G or more. Dr. BENNET OMALU: When I saw Terry Long's case, I became more convinced that this was not just an anomaly, a statistical anomaly. LEIGH STEINBERG: I watched athletes I represented play with collapsed lungs. It's pretty scary. I mean, we're going to present her findings. Let's be clear. Here's a roll-out. Dr. BENNET OMALU: I came to work one morning and everybody there said, "Hey, we have another case for you." NARRATOR: A number of prominent scientists believe she has overstated the dangers of playing football. NARRATOR: Dr. Robert Cantu edited the journal's sports medicine section. And she didn't drop a beat and said, "Are you kidding!" PRODUCED BY It was happening to every player in every collision sport. pbs frontline special league of denial apa citation. MLA citation generator could help will change over time, you ANNOUNCER: Second and 14, passing down, coming up for Aikman again. ANNOUNCER: He's at the 40! I don't know." MARK FAINARU-WADA: And that was a dramatic admission back in 2000. NARRATOR: and in one of the papers, even suggested their research might apply to younger athletes, despite the fact they had not studied high school or college players. All of my power is coming from my big rear end and my big thighs into my forearm, and I hit him in the face. I didn't want to admit it to myself, either. ALAN SCHWARTZ, The New York Times: It appears as if it ties it up quite nicely. A text book: The second edition of Psychology and Your Life by Robert S. Feldman written in 2013. In fact, if I want to relax, that's one way I can relax. They were offering "peanuts," as one person said. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. And the dirtier and muddier it got made things better. Sacramento, Calif. - Bennet Omalu, a UC Davis clinical professor of pathology who discovered the devastating neurological disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of the Pittsburgh Steelers legend Mike Webster, appeared in a PBS Frontline documentary titled " League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis. The head of the Disability Committee is the commissioner himself, so it's very much a creature of the NFL. It became sort of like his little private mission. NARRATOR: The first broadcast of Monday Night Football in 1970 marked a turning point in the game's popularity and its revenues. This is information that I would have like to have had.". It was a scientific first. But no, you're not coming.". Game time! So yes, I think that was probably what was driving the suggestion that "Let's have NIH get involved.". NEWSCASTER: The NFL is committed to medical and scientific research. And we're going to figure out whether there's a link.". And he said, "No, you can't attend. He could explode into the player. Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser and Steve Fainaru & Mark Fainaru-Wada. CHRIS NOWINSKI, Author of the Book/Film Head Games: We have to get the brain usually within hours of the death. CHRIS HARVARD: You people should be grateful to have someone of my intelligence in your presence! PRODUCED BY . NARRATOR: Aiello insisted the study's design was flawed. But one night, in a private meeting, he brought his CTE slides and finally met face to face with one of the NFL's doctors. You know, "I'm experiencing some problems. He had been involved in some serious financial problems. They haven't looked at brain after brain after brain. contracts manager Talya Feldman . NARRATOR: For Mike Webster, the head hits just kept on coming for 17 years. And not that everybody was looking down. Is there any evidence, as far as you're concerned, that links multiple head injuries among pro football players with depression? NARRATOR: And buried in the documents, a stunning admission by the league's board football can cause brain disease. ANNOUNCER: Let's give him a big round of applause! I mean, he just walks out of the room, and he takes his empty brain briefcase and he gets back on the plane, and he goes back to San Francisco without having any success. NARRATOR: Omalu submitted another paper to Neurosurgery, this one about Terry Long. For FRONTLINE, ESPN and in their own book, they've been investigating how the NFL has handled evidence that football may be destroying the brains of NFL players. APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in a research paper. NARRATOR: Dr. McKee had examined thousands of brains, but the location of the damage from CTE was different. NARRATOR: At the same time, far from the action, another researcher had received word of Seau's death. NEWSCASTER: and violent, off-the-field incidents. FAITH HILL, Entertainer: [singing] All right, what a night, it's finally here. The stakes for the NFL are obvious. And you know, if you're going up against top-flight players who are able to perfect those skills of hitting you upside the head, or you know, getting hit with an elbow or it's one of those things that at some point, you're going to pay for it down the line. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. And if we have to defend this suit, as Paul was alluding to, we will do that and be able to make those factual allegations. The PETER KEATING, ESPN Reporter: Good PR is one part of the NFL strategy. And in fact, when you talk about that later with Fitzsimmons, he describes that as the sort of proverbial smoking gun. Dr. ANN McKEE: In, like, 20 spots in his frontal lobe. (Producer) Bruce, C. (Producer) & Gigliotti, D. (Producer) There must be really important variables, genetics, things about the type of exposure to brain trauma people get. PAM WEBSTER, Wife: I just loved watching him play. His dream was to play for the Steelers. ALAN SCHWARZ: At the bottom of page 32, there it was, "dementia." MARK FAINARU-WADA: _Monday Night Football_ it's not just for football fans. We're not going to help you.". PAM WEBSTER: His teeth were falling out. NEWSCASTER: The untimely death of Junior Seau is provoking questions. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. She says, "This is a crisis, and anybody who doesn't believe it is in denial.". NARRATOR: He'd lost millions of dollars gambling. NARRATOR: Nearly broke, homeless and losing his mind, Webster decided football had hurt him, and the NFL was going to pay for it. Web Site Copyright 1995-2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. It says you guys are now the NFL's "preferred" brain bank and that the league will help with efforts to direct families to donate the brains of former players to Boston so that they will be studied for CTE. NARRATOR: What Omalu could not see was that hidden inside Webster's brain was evidence of a chronic disease. NARRATOR: The commissioner arrived like a celebrity, the star attraction at the hearing and the focus of all the cameras. MARK FAINARU-WADA: The NFL convenes a summit in the summer of 2007. SUNNY JANI, Friend: He had a lot of pain, and he hasn't slept for days. January 28, NARRATOR: On the other side, the NFL's lawyers. They're now denying their own study. And I remember the technician telling me, he said, "What are you fixing this brain for? HARRY CARSON, Author, Captain For Life: These players come down with dementia. Dr. JULIAN BAILES: There was skepticism. MARK LOVELL, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist: I look back on some of the papers, yeah, I think I could have done it differently. And you know, that's the way it is. Game time! GUULEED MUUMIN UNV 504 Week 2 APA Activity 1 and 2.doc. What causes some of the injuries that our players are still dealing with? Neither Dr. Apuzzo, Dr. Pellman, nor Commissioner Tagliabue would speak to FRONTLINE about the papers. PAUL TAGLIABUE, NFL Commissioner: [Sports panel discussion, December 1994] Concussions I think is, you know, one of these pack journalism issues, frankly. PETER KEATING: Dr. Omalu is excluded, just underscoring how they don't want to do business with him. At the time, it was something the league would not admit publicly. Dr. ROBERT CANTU: I said that I really think this data is flawed. ANNOUNCER: They're number one in the nation. Having said that, I still think it's something that we need to be concerned about. NARRATOR: For years, Pellman's committee would insist they were studying the problem, that the danger from concussions was overblown. You know, these all look like they could be frontal temporal dementia." Neither group showed any significant growth (Wong & Tuttle, 2005). NARRATOR: At Dr. McKee's research lab, thanks to the NFL's endorsement, the brain bank business was booming. NARRATOR: What she saw was that telltale protein, tau. ROBERT STERN, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Boston University: Those initial studies from the NFL were notorious in telling the world over and over and over again, "No, there's no relationship between hitting your head in football and later life problems. NARRATOR: Dr. Feuer insists Dr. McKee is mistaken about how she was treated. To lead it, he chose Elliot Pellman, the New York Jets team doctor, a firm believer that concussions were not a serious problem. NARRATOR: Dr. Edward Westbrook examined him. STEVE FAINARU: Omalu is a junior pathologist in the Allegheny County coroner's office, but the people he published with were one of the leading Alzheimer's disease experts in the country, one of the leading neuropathologists in the country, and one of the most well-known coroners in the country. ROGER GOODELL: Let me address your first question. NEWSCASTER: Linebacker Junior Seau died today in an apparent suicide. He battled in the pit alongside Mike Webster. I watched players deceive coaches on the sidelines when they were injured and run back into a game. PETER KEATING, Reporter, ESPN: The closer you look, the less this holds up. website to help you, but do not use citation generators. ANNOUNCER: [ABC "Monday Night Football," 1983] vivid picturization of the excitement. CORRESPONDENT: Is there any evidence as of today that links multiple head injuries with any long-term problem like that? A lawyer is there to figure out what the league needs to do to defend itself against a storm that may or may not come, but the league has to be ready to fight. NARRATOR: At 43, his business empire had imploded. I mean, that's the truth. So not only was it an issue for my clients, it was a huge societal issue. Bennet Omalu - Medical Examiner: Bennett, do you know the implications of what you're doing? Not logged in. Answered over 90d ago. ELEANOR PERFETTO: And I said, "I'd like to attend this meeting." January 28, NARRATOR: the NFL'S spokesman, Greg Aiello, received a call from reporter Alan Schwarz. Dr. JULIAN BAILES: I was not the bearer of good news, probably, in many people's minds. Dr. ANN McKEE: We have examined thousands of brains, and this is not a normal part of aging. LISA McHALE, Wife: Restlessness, irritability and discontent describe Tom to a T today, but no way is it anywhere near the man I had known and the man I had been married to for years. . STEVE FAINARU, FRONTLINE/ESPN: It's an extraordinary move under any circumstances. December 22, ". MARK FAINARU-WADA: The league is this massive force financially. NEWSCASTER: Terry Long killed himself by drinking anti-freeze. Don't watch the dramatized version of what happened, as this is the original documentary based off the book of the NFL's coverup of head injuries. But then, uncharacteristically, trouble. He looked beat up. It's a big deal. MARK FAINARU-WADA: He like Webster, his life had sort of fallen apart in a lot of ways. Early in his career, he worked as former commissioner Pete Rozelle's driver. STEVE FAINARU: At that point, there's nothing else to do except leave. Now, that kind of statement don't make news if anybody else says it. And getting in that room with a bunch of males who already thought they knew all the answers more sexism. NARRATOR: And for the BU advocate Chris Nowinski, it was a danger the NFL helped to create. / 1h 53m. He's at the 45! New York published from McGraw Hill Companies.Snickers commercial https://youtu.be/2rF . The skin on his forehead had built up almost a shelf of scar tissue that from the continuous pounding of his head into other people. Dr. BENNET OMALU: Because after I looked at it over and over and over and over, I was convinced this was something. "Did I play well?" MARK FAINARU-WADA: Dr. Ira Casson ends up with this sort of very famous exchange that earns him the nickname "Dr. Apuzzo was also a consultant for the New York Giants. ROBERT STERN, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Boston University: In football, one has to expect that almost every play of every game and every practice, they're going to be hitting their heads against each other. NEWSCASTER: The NFL will have a new commissioner. MARK FAINARU-WADA: She's learned a little bit about the work that had previously been done in this issue by Omalu and others, and she's eager to find some brains. MARK FAINARU-WADA: And that raises all sorts of questions for guys who are playing in the league, guys who played in the league, moms, kids, all of us who love football. So, fine. He was taking on something that was bigger than him. That's a good sign. LEIGH STEINBERG: I went to visit Troy, who was sitting in a darkened hospital room all alone. MARK FAINARU-WADA, FRONTLINE/ESPN: This is the genius of Nowinski, really, I mean, right? 911 OPERATOR: What is your boyfriend's name? Knock him out! JIM OTTO, Oakland Raiders, 1960-74: I mean, it's affected my life. STEVE FAINARU: He was a steroid user. NARRATOR: Casson had once joined Pellman in attacking Omalu's work. STEVE FAINARU: He was very much a creature of this expanding juggernaut of the NFL. And it wasn't hypothetical. Th edition 1 1 site that hosts the page, followed By a pbs frontline special league of denial apa citation. NARRATOR: Most of Pellman's committee was made up of NFL loyalists. December 15, They publicly said he should retract his findings. From the beginning of the autopsy, Dr. Omalu could see the effects of 17 years in the football wars. STEVE FAINARU: The NFL is broadcast over five networks. ANNOUNCER: A major FRONTLINE investigation of what the NFL knew and when it knew it. I said, "I think I do. "", NARRATOR: denied players suffered any long-term problems from concussions sustained while playing football, DOCUMENT: "that there was no evidence of worsening injury or chronic cumulative effects of multiple MTBIs in". You love 'em wild and woolly, and you're seeing it now. CHRIS NOWINSKI, Author of the Book/Film Head Games: I'd be a fool not to worry about CTE personally. But the issue will be hard to ignore. NARRATOR: Then one day, she received a phone call from the Boston University medical school. BETH WILKINSON, NFL's Attorney: Let's be clear. What possible motive? It wasn't a supposition. MARK FAINARU-WADA: They get a letter from the league. Now one of Casson's first moves, a public denial of Omalu's conclusions. He soon replaced the rheumatologist Dr. Elliot Pellman and promoted the neurologist Dr. Ira Casson. He's a rheumatologist. scara robot advantages and disadvantages. STAN SAVRAN: They loved that hard-hitting, punishing, brutal defense that they played. NARRATOR: By the mid-90s, the concussion crisis had made its way to NFL headquarters on Park Avenue in New York City. But then a familiar story his life fell apart. And is it related to football?". NARRATOR: One week later, the commissioner made the league's position clear. Listen to this crowd! ROBERT STERN: That was the shocking part. Dr. BENNET OMALU: That was what I thought, in my naive state of mind. Then a third time, he interrupted me, and I turned to him and I said, "OK, why don't you tell me what implications are?" NEWSCASTER: The National Football League says it will encourage current and former players to donate their brains, NARRATOR: As the story of the deal broke, NEWSCASTER: The NFL is donating $1 million towards the study. NARRATOR: For Nowinski, the issue of CTE is personal. How many brain traumas do you need to get this? I'm not saying I was different than that. STEVE FAINARU: You know, putting a rheumatologist on the head of the committee that arguably was going to have more influence over brain research, you know, than any other any particular institution in the country at the time, you know, was, I think a lot of people felt, surprising. ROBERT STERN, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, BU CTE Center: I remember my feeling. PETER KEATING: The threat to the NFL from this litigation was existential. BENNET OMALU, M.D., Neuropathologist: So when Junior Seau died, just like every other case, people called me. And so I called up Chris, like, "What the hell's going on?" The minute you put your pads on, you're only one play away from getting seriously injured. PBS Frontline Special League of Denial Answer: Kirk, M., Gilmore, J., Wiser, M. (2013, October 8). NARRATOR: The study went to the heart of the prevalence question. And this is what jumped out at him as he looked at it through the microscope. Nearly four in five football players examined by one of the nation's leading brain banks tested positive for the disease now at the center of the debate over concussions in football. NARRATOR: He had died of an overdose. BOB FITZSIMMONS, Webster's Attorney: Mike was a legend and a hero. And I said, "My God, of course. Dr. BENNET OMALU: So I was very demoralized, I remember that day I was. Dr. IRA CASSON: In my opinion, the only scientifically valid evidence of a chronic encephalopathy in athletes is in boxers and in some steeplechase jockeys. But he literally slid it across the table in an envelope. Refer to the guidelines for writing an effective summary presented in the Lecture 2 as a guide. PETER KEATING: The threat was that the doctors and trainers, neuropsychologists, maybe owners, maybe commissioners and ex-commissioners, were going to have to testify under oath as to what they knew and when. He has tau in all these regions of the his brain. If the business is potentially lethal, then that's going to have major implications for the game. And the answer was, and I'm virtually quoting, "Research has not shown that there are any long-term consequences to concussions in NFL players as long as each injury is treated properly. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. COLIN WEBSTER, Son: You know, he was supergluing his teeth back into his head, and he actually made that work. And a lawyer is not there to offer competitive athletic advice, either. Pain and injury were his specialty. No one from the NFL talked to. It was during that time that a brain arrived that would dramatically raise the stakes. NARRATOR: Shunned by the league, bruised by the struggle and looking to make a change, Dr. Omalu left Pittsburgh. ANNOUNCER: Next, League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis. Secrets, lies and lasting consequences. 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