Is football the next target of totalitarian humanism?

By Joel Mathis The Week

In April, Phillip Adams killed six people — including two children, ages 9 and 5 — then turned the gun on himself, dying at the age of 32. On Tuesday, we learned a likely reason why: Adams’ brain was severely damaged after playing football for 20 years, including for six NFL teams. He had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition often found in people who have suffered head trauma.

That is, people like football players, who collide with each other at high speeds dozens of times a game.

“I don’t think [Adams] snapped,” said Dr. Ann McKee, who directs the CTE Center at Boston University. “It appeared to be a cumulative progressive impairment. He was getting increasingly paranoid, he was having increasing difficulties with his memory, and he was very likely having more and more impulsive behavior.”

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