Brain Damaged

Today we pause to remember Paul Bright Jr. on CTE Awareness Day. Paul Bright Jr. was an assistant chef on TV and movie sets. He played tackle football from ages 7–15. A brain autopsy confirmed Stage I CTE & damage to his amygdala, corpus callosum and left ventricle. #facesofcte

Now Twitter is like youth sports, pay-to-play. And Hollywood celebs get their checkmark back if they have a big enough following, but not media. So much for free speech.

We closed out this decade with the continued social & mainstream media focus on the landmark lawsuit Archie v Pop Warner, which will now be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reminding us all of the underlying theme of the decade. Never underestimate the love of a mother.

This last decade gave the stories of injured athletes unprecedented news coverage starting with cheerleading at the beginning of the decade, then the NFL case, NCAA, CTE, sex abuse and the exploitation of amateur & child athletes.

On 3/30/19 the families of @FacesofCTE released our book @BrainDamagedInc w/the stories of collision sport athletes Paul Bright, Joseph Chernach, Tyler Cornell, Cody Hamblin, Greg Ploetz, Mike Jenkins, Zach Langston, Patrick Grange, Ty Pozzobon, Grant Feasel, & Junior Seau etc

April 29, 2011 in Boston, MA the National Cheer Safety Foundation hosted the first-ever Athlete Abuse Prevention Summit with the help of Dr. Cantu, Dr. Fred Mueller, Dr. Appenzeller and the @USSportsAcademy. Dr. Micheal Minix presented on Child Athlete Abuse Disorder.

In 2011, a young lawyer Jason Luckasevic from Pennsylvania filed the landmark, NFL Brain Damage lawsuit in what would become the most important case in sports law history.

On 11/11/11, the @USSportsAcademy hosted their first “Concussion Summit” with a panel of experts that included speakers, award recipients & attendees from across the sport spectrum & from around the world. This ground breaking day set the standard for education on brain injuries.

Last year, after a decade of growing the most incredible female sport there is, Acrobatics & Tumbling, the NCAA added it to their emerging sport list. The National Cheer Safety Foundation has been a supporter of the @theNCATA since they were founded in 2010. #wecount

This last September, @facesofCTE launched our global brain health initiative, “Every Hit Counts” at the annual @IVATCenters conference in San Diego for the first time. Our comprehensive program is the first of its kind!

Producer Angela Shelley at Socal Connected for @KCET public tv did a 14 min segment on cheer safety while telling the powerful story of cheerleader, Patty Phommanyvong. This segment went on to win an Emmy, LA Press Club award & named the Edward R Murron Sports Story of the Year!

7 states including California, my home state, recognized CTE Awareness Day. This day was founded in 2017 and launched during Super Bowl week in Houston by the families of @facesofCTE. Later, the state of Ohio passed “Cody’s Law” to officially recognize the day each year!

It’s a New Year, it’s a new decade! The last decade of my life was totally devoted to child rights in sports. Here are 10 moments that stand out.

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Report submitted to the courts by Dr. Bennet Omalu on behalf of my son, Paul Bright Jr in the litigation pending in federal court. Page 1 #facesofCTE

Today is about justice. For Paul, for Tyler Cornell, and for all who played the game that we were told was reasonably safe for kids to play. That the risks were worth the rewards, yet Paul’s brain autopsy said… instagram.com/p/B6bGWtvAtLC/…

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