Agree 100% with this.
CTE, bi-polar, brain trauma etc is very real in these violent sports but it can’t be an excuse for everything.
CTE just seems to be the excuse for everything. And ‘most’ of the time, the outside world beyond family and very close friends never even see that side of it.
More often, the destructive and or aggressive behavior we see are either because very aggressive people either gravitate and excel at this sport or this sport has trained kids from 8 years old like gladiators who solve everything aggressively. It usually takes a while for many players to assimilate back into the real world of discussion, compromise and compassion
Brown seems to just fall into being a dumb spoiled dick who was never told no before.
Hernandez, while it showed he had CTE was just a bad person to begin with.
CTE is scary but stop using it to try to explain everything.