Either when I took drivers' ed in 1978 or the "Shell Answer Books" several years later, they talked about the concept of the second collision. The first collision is when one vehicle strikes another. The second collision is when your body without a seat belt strikes the inside of your vehicle. Roll it back fifteen years or so, apply it to your brain following an abrupt stop, and yes, this could have been a concept widely discussed and understood.
Alright, and then Dr. Bennet Omalu was the relatively young pathologist who did the autopsy of Mike Webster. He noticed things in the thin sections of Webster's brain which he bought to the attention of prominent brain scientists. For example, there's specks and buildup of tau protein which rather gums up the works. This is something you can see. But, it's just microscopy with staining and so forth. It could have potentially been done in the late 1950s. Now, Dr. Omalu does deserve credit for doing a first-rate job. And since he's originally from another culture, maybe he didn't have to emotionally cross the bridge in order to look at football. But all the same, given some modest PODs, these studies could have been started '59, '60, '61, something like this.
Alright, and then Dr. Bennet Omalu was the relatively young pathologist who did the autopsy of Mike Webster. He noticed things in the thin sections of Webster's brain which he bought to the attention of prominent brain scientists. For example, there's specks and buildup of tau protein which rather gums up the works. This is something you can see. But, it's just microscopy with staining and so forth. It could have potentially been done in the late 1950s. Now, Dr. Omalu does deserve credit for doing a first-rate job. And since he's originally from another culture, maybe he didn't have to emotionally cross the bridge in order to look at football. But all the same, given some modest PODs, these studies could have been started '59, '60, '61, something like this.