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Footballers must change mindset over brain injuries, says union official
London: Football faces a huge challenge in tackling the issue of brain injuries - including changing the mindset of players who are prepared to stay on the pitch until they “cannot walk any more”. That is the warning from John Mousinho of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), speaking at a time of growing concern over the potential long-term health risk to players. A 2019 study carried out in Scotland found that professional footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease compared with members of the general population. Treated like a ‘piece of meat’ — how will sport deal with the full force of concussion and CTE issues? Fifa read

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