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Merrill Hoge writes book “Brainwashed: The Bad Science Behind CTE and Plot to Destroy FB”

Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:58 am
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
34642 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:58 am
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Merril Hoge @merrilhoge

I am excited to announce the release of my new book, #BRAINWASHED!
BRAINWASHED delivers the TRUTH behind #concussions & #CTE.


This is a guy who had to retire due to concussion issues FWIW.
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
24566 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:59 am to
#hashtag
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 12:00 pm
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115028 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 11:59 am to
Probably some solid points to be made with the science behind CTE and all that but you need someone more credible that Toddler tie writing it
Posted by ThanosIsADemocrat
The Garden
Member since May 2018
9395 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:00 pm to
A better man the Hodge shot himself in the chest because he was in so much pain that he wanted doctors to study his brain.

That can’t be said enough.
Posted by OU812
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Member since Apr 2004
13180 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:06 pm to
Too many years of hanging with Bubby Brister.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
75918 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:07 pm to
I look forward to reading Dr. Hoge's clinical revelations.
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49399 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:09 pm to
I've said it before. CTE is proven but I don't think it's due to hits in football games. I think it's that crazy that you need to be a great football player
Posted by OldSouth
Folsom, LA
Member since Oct 2011
10968 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

A better man the Hodge shot himself in the chest because he was in so much pain that he wanted doctors to study his brain.


Or Junior was just crazy. One of the two.
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73515 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:13 pm to
Maybe Merrill has CTE and it's caused him to do something irrational like write this book about how CTE isn't real
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
129937 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:14 pm to
He wants to destroy facebook? Good, I support.
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10476 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:15 pm to
The conclusions in his book are suspect because a noted sign of CTE is tying your ties so that the knot is larger than your actual head.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

I've said it before. CTE is proven but I don't think it's due to hits in football games. I think it's that crazy that you need to be a great football player

you're making the same baseless claims that the CTE people make.
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10476 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:17 pm to
quote:

Maybe Merrill has CTE and it's caused him to do something irrational like write this book about how CTE isn't real


Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38014 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:48 pm to
That's a perfect gif you posted because she didn't know the definition of irony either.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
164157 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:51 pm to
Hoge said ow after reading that.
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

Probably some solid points to be made with the science behind CTE and all that but you need someone more credible that Toddler tie writing it

Exactly. Merrill Hoge is the wrong messenger for this.
Posted by Jamohn
Das Boot
Member since Mar 2009
13584 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 1:17 pm to
Is this like when Tommy Morrison just decided to stop taking his AIDS meds and pretend it was a government conspiracy before dying of AIDS?
Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
Member since Nov 2011
22146 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 1:19 pm to
You need to read “League of Denial”

Eta: Hoge, among others is a key figure in the book
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 1:21 pm
Posted by FightnBobLafollette
Member since Oct 2017
12204 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 5:12 pm to
The same Hoge that sued a Chicago physician for 1.5 mill (iirc) because he wasn’t given an adequate warning about the dangers of concussions? Lol
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
36402 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 5:19 pm to
quote:

A better man the Hodge shot himself in the chest because he was in so much pain that he wanted doctors to study his brain.


And there a metric shite ton of former football players at all levels across multiple countries that didn’t do this, too.
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