A movie recently came out starring Will Smith as Pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu who discovers Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of legendary football player Mike Webster after his death. He has to battle with the NFL who does not want to admit the issue of repetitive head trauma in football.

The movie is tackling a very sensitive subject in the eyes of the NFL, football players, football fans, and mainly anyone who likes football.

The issue is CTE being found in the brains of players who die unexpectedly leaving us to wonder why.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a disease found in the brain that can cause early dementia, depression, memory loss, aggression, and many more things added onto that according to Mayo Clinic.   

CTE, the issue found in the movie is unnoticeable by a CT scan or any kind of technology; sadly it’s not noticeable until death.

Many players have committed suicide, have went crazy and hurt themselves, went broke, lost their families due to CTE taking over their brain and making them not themselves.

Legendary linebacker Junior Seau for the Chargers, Dolphins, and Patriots who committed suicide was found that he had CTE after his death, as reported by ESPN.  

Another former NFL player Dave Duerson was victim of CTE and ended up taking his life also which is depicted in the movie Concussion.

The movie does a fantastic job showing what victims of CTE deal with by showing the lives of the football players with CTE and how it leads to their untimely end.

In the movie you see Omalu fight with the NFL about getting his issue noticed. He said something that hit the hearts of NFL fans everywhere watching the movie.

Omalu said, “If you continue to deny my work, your men will continue to die.” The moment those words rang through the theater, NFL fans started to think, mothers who let their kids play football started to think, and current NFL players start to think if it’s safe anymore.

Former 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retired after one season in the NFL due to his worry of long-term effects of repetitive head trauma.

Mothers and fathers are pulling their children out of junior football leagues so their kids don’t play when they are older.

Now the NFL has made moves to protect their players, such as banning head to head hits and moving the kickoff point forward so more balls end up as a touchback and to avoid high-speed collisions, but there is not much the NFL can do.                          

Many times, concussions are caused from the whiplash of the head, or a player hitting their head on the ground after falling.

The effects of the repetitive hits to the head can and will catch up to football players, and this movie might be the beginning of the end of the NFL we know and love.