When Harry Carson, a hall of fame linebacker for the New York Giants, heard that an NFL official had acknowledged,for the first time, a link between football and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), he feltvindicated. Carson, who was diagnosed with postconcussion syndrome in 1990, has long argued that football contributed to hiscondition. “This is what players have been waiting for,” he says. “Just tell the truth.” The truth hurts. A Boston Universityneuropathologist who examined the brains of 94 ex-NFL players found 90 showed signs of CTE. Asked at a congressionalhearing on March 14 whether there is a link between football and brain diseases like CTE, Jeff Miller, NFL executive vicepresident of health and safety policy, could no longer put the question away. “The answer to that question is certainly yes.”
36. What had NFL (National Football League) been doing about the link between CTE and football?
(A) Making new rules to enhance safety for football players.
(B) Denying the connection.
(C) Fighting for compensation from insurance companies.
(D) Conducting medical studies to verify the assumption.
(E) Changing the regulations for games.