Legendary football Hall of Famer and Kathie Lee Gifford‘s husband Frank Gifford died unexpectedly back in August 2015 at the age of 84 of “natural causes”. He lived a long and successful life, but his family aren’t ready for his contributions to society to be over just yet. They’ve actually donated Frank’s brain to science, but that’s not all: they also revealed that Frank suffered from CTE, a brain injury that was caused likely from his years in sport.
From TMZ:
Gifford — an NFL Hall of Famer — died back in August at the age of 84 … and now the Gifford family says he was diagnosed with CTE (a progressive degenerative brain disease) before he passed.
But the Giffords don’t appear to hold a grudge with the NFL over Frank’s condition — saying they SUPPORT the league … just as Frank did.
The family says they’re donating Frank’s brain “in hopes of contributing to the advancement of medical research concerning the link between football and traumatic brain injury.”
The Giffords say they hope Frank’s brain can be a “small part of the solution to an urgent problem concerning anyone involved with football, at any level.”
That’s awful, but it’s also a risk of the sport that Frank was likely well aware of before getting involved professionally. That being said, I doubt most athletes really think of that when they’re faced with a multi-million dollar paycheck.
Incorrect. There was a relationship established between boxers and being “punch drunk”, but the link between football players and CTE wasn’t formally etablished until 2008. Frank Gifford retired from football in 1964 – 12 seasons beginning in 1952. Not even close. Please do your homework. And try not to let your extreme leftists views show on EVERY POST. To risk CTE isn’t worth any amount of money to me. If a football player can get millions as the OPEN FREE MARKET determines, and he wants to take that chance, and HIS earnings pay for his treatment rather than the ACTUARIAL POOL (something libtards do not understand as they voted for Obama care – oh…. look… UNH has decided not to participate.. oh… wait…what?), then good for him.