“There is nothing else that all patients (with CTE) have in common except repetitive head trauma,” he said. “Yes, they are going to do more and more studies showing a clear link.” Bettman defended the league’s “measured approach” toward the science of concussions. “There are so many more things that are related to long-term brain injuries,” Echlin told the Star. Unlike some of the others who had their brains posthumously examined, however, Ewen’s brain did not show signs of CTE. While Gary Bettman continued to deny a link between concussions and the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a Canadian sports medicine specialist says the NHL commissioner has missed the point about the public debate on brain injuries.

Source: thestar July 26, 2016 22:07 UTC