Gwero: The Nation
Nkhani yofunika kwambiri pamasewera sizomwe mungawone pa ESPN kapena ma network a copycat osiyanasiyana. Ndi nkhani yomwe imakhudza masewera angapo, koma makamaka mpira. NFL ili mkati mwa chipwirikiti chaulere, kusaina osewera kuti atenge ndalama zokwana $100 miliyoni kuti azitha kupuma movutikira kwa okonda masewera amasewera - koma zatsopano zasayansi yozindikira kuwonongeka kwaubongo zikuwopseza osati mapangano a anthu asanu ndi anayi okhawo koma onse. makampani a mpira wa mabiliyoni ambiri.
Mpaka pano, kuzindikira matenda a ubongo osamva chisoni matenda owopsa a encephalopathy (CTE) ikhoza kuchitidwa pambuyo pa imfa. Osewera akale a NFL amwalira (ambiri mwa kudziwombera pachifuwa kapena kudzipachika okha, kusunga zigaza zawo) ndipo mabanja awo apereka ubongo wawo ku sayansi kuti CTE ipezeke kuti postmortem.
Maphunzirowa akhala akudzudzula, komabe otsutsa akhala akunena kuti kuchuluka kwa CTE komwe kumapezeka mu ubongo wa osewerawa ndi kolakwika popeza adaperekedwa kuchokera kwa anthu omwe "awonetsa zizindikiro" za CTE. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, ngati wosewera wakale ali ndi zizindikiro monga matenda a Alzheimer's, kutaya kukumbukira, malingaliro ofuna kudzipha, kapena mitundu ina ya zomwe ziri, "kuwonongeka kwa ubongo," ndiye kuti mabanja awo amatha kupereka ubongo wawo kwa awa. maphunziro.
Kufotokozera kumeneku kwalolanso olamulira a NFL, eni eni ake, osewera, ndi mafani kuti achotse CTE m'malingaliro awo. Pakadali pano, ligi yatengera zosintha zodzikongoletsera pamalamulo ndi zida kuti zigulitse chinyengo chakuti ndikotetezeka (kapena ngakhale kotetezeka konse) kusewera mpira.
Komabe sayansi siili kumbali ya NFL, ndipo pamene luso lathu lozindikira CTE m'moyo limakula bwino, kuopsa kokhalapo kumakhala kokulirapo ku tsogolo la chipembedzo champhamvuyonse chomwe ndi mpira. Nkhani zaposachedwa zasayansi ndikuti asayansi opitilira khumi ndi awiri, othandizidwa ndi National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, apanga njira zoyambira zogwirizana kuti azindikire CTE pakati pa amoyo. Pepalali, lomwe lidawonekera Lolemba, ndi sitepe yopita ku "biomarker" yomwe inganene motsimikiza ngati munthu wamoyo akudwala CTE.
Robert Stern, mkulu wa kafukufuku wachipatala ku CTE Center ya Boston University ndi m'modzi mwa olemba mapepala, adatero potulutsa phunzirolo, "Ngakhale ndikukhumba kuti ndinene kuti ndizosintha masewera pakalipano, ndizosintha masewera amtsogolo. Sitinafike potha kudziwa CTE m'moyo wathu. Tikuyandikira kwambiri, ndipo pepala latsopanoli ndi sitepe yofunika patsogolo. โ
Phunziroli, ngakhale kuti silingathe "kuzindikira CTE panthawi ya moyo," lidzathandiza kuzindikira zizindikiro zapadera za CTE zomwe zimabwera chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa mutu, kudziwa kuchuluka kwake pakati pa othamanga, ndikulola akatswiri a zachipatala kuti adziwe bwino zoopsa zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha kuvutika maganizo. Ndi sitepe yaikulu patsogolo.
Posachedwapa, othamanga a msinkhu uliwonse adzatha kupezeka. Pakadali pano chodziwika bwino cha CTE ndi pomwe chimayamba: mpira wachinyamata? Sukulu yasekondare? Koleji? Ubwino wake? Tikudziwa kuchokera pamilandu yodzipha ya achinyamata kuti CTE sichingawonekere akadali aang'ono komanso kufalikira modabwitsa muubongo wonse. Umu ndi momwe zinalili ndi New England Patriot ndi wakupha Aaron Hernandez, yemwe adapezeka kuti ali ndi mlandu wowopsa wa CTE kutsatira kudzipha kwake kundende popachika.
Ndinafika kwa Dr. Chris Nowinski, cofounder ndi CEO wa Concussion Legacy Foundation, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe likutsogolera polimbana ndi mikangano ndi CTE. Zaka zingapo zapitazo, Nowinski anali katswiri wa wrestler yemwe ankavutika ndi zovuta. Iye anati, "Pamene tikuyandikira pafupi ndi kuzindikira CTE mwa anthu amoyo, tiyenera kuyembekezera zokambirana zambiri zovuta. Mwachitsanzo, CTE mwa othamanga amatha kupewedwa, ndipo timadziwa kuti matendawa amatha kuchitika mwa ana aang'ono. Ngati titazindikira wosewera mpira wazaka 16 yemwe ali ndi CTE, kodi mpira wachinyamata uyenera kupitiliza? Othamanga akuluakulu angaphunzire posachedwa kuti ali ndi CTE pamene akusewera. Kodi adzapuma? Ndizovuta kulosera momwe anthu angayankhire tikadzazindikira matendawa m'moyo, koma tiyenera kuyamba kukonzekera tsikulo. โ
Nowinski amamenyadi msomali pamutu (khululukireni mawuwo). CTE ndi matenda osokonekera omwe amawonjezereka ndi kukhudzidwa mobwerezabwereza ndi kuzunzidwa ku ubongo. Ngati achinyamata, sukulu ya sekondale, kapena osewera mpira wa koleji angapezeke ndi izo, zimayika payipi yonse ya talente ya NFL pachiwopsezo chachikulu-osatchula za tsogolo lake lachuma.
Masiku akukanidwa kotsimikizika - ndi NFL, osewera, ndi mafani - afika pakuyima pazaka zingapo zikubwerazi. Zolinga za ligi zothana ndi kusapeลตeka kumeneku sizikudziwikabe. Chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika: mawu oti "Mpira ndi banja" ndi "Amayi a mpira" zipatala zothamanga sizingadutsenso. Tadutsa mwalamulo mfundo ya CTE kukhala nkhani yotsutsana. Mtsutso watsopano udzakhala pa mpira wokha.
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