“Let’s Take Care of the Men”: Bucs Legend Warren Sapp Sends Strong Message to NFL as New Study Shows 3 in 4 Players Had CTE

Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp has urged the NFL and the football community to act following a new Boston University study estimating that 74.5% of deceased former NFL players had CTE neuropathology. Reacting to the findings in a clip shared by the Concussion & CTE Foundation, Sapp called for the league to implement meaningful safety changes to take care of players while preserving the core elements of the sport.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open on October 28, analyzed 2,362 former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023, detecting CTE in 362 of 387 donated brains before adjusting for selection bias. Sapp, who previously pledged his brain for research in 2017 after experiencing personal memory issues, emphasized using scientific research to attack and ultimately end the disease.