The number of young people who play American football decreased from 2008 to 2016 according to the Aspen Institute, a research center. There are many reasons for this decrease. But some parents, such as businessman Mark Cuban, will not let their children play the sport because of concern about brain injuries. A recent study seems to support some of these concerns. It gives more evidence that too much American football is seriously damaging the brains of players. Scientists at the Brain Bank are studying a kind of brain injury known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. The Brain Bank is a center at Boston University in Massachusetts where brains and other tissue are stored and studied. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is caused by collisions that push the brain around inside the skull. In a recent study, the scientists at the Brain Bank found high levels of CTE in dead football players.
Title: Experts Examine Links Between Brain Injuries and Football
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2105/football_brain.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Experts Examine Links Between Brain Injuries and Football' data-article-id='2623'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14667'>The number of young people who play American football decreased from 2008 to 2016 according to the Aspen Institute, a research center.</span> <span data-start-time='14667' data-end-time='18792'>There are many reasons for this decrease.</span> <span data-start-time='18792' data-end-time='31146'>But some parents, such as businessman Mark Cuban, will not let their children play the sport because of concern about brain injuries.</span> <span data-start-time='31146' data-end-time='37021'>A recent study seems to support some of these concerns.</span> <span data-start-time='37021' data-end-time='45979'>It gives more evidence that too much American football is seriously damaging the brains of players.</span> <span data-start-time='45979' data-end-time='57083'>Scientists at the Brain Bank are studying a kind of brain injury known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.</span> <span data-start-time='57083' data-end-time='68208'>The Brain Bank is a center at Boston University in Massachusetts where brains and other tissue are stored and studied.</span> <span data-start-time='68208' data-end-time='79313'>Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is caused by collisions that push the brain around inside the skull.</span> <span data-start-time='79313' data-end-time='89604'>In a recent study, the 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