NFL CTE Study Rocks the League — Power Four Bans Pros From Returning to College 🏈

🚨 A new NFL CTE study is rocking the football world — a New York Times report found at least 215 of 878 former players studied (2016–2021 deaths) had confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and 24.5% is a conservative floor. Kevin L. Warren and the Sports Chasers crew are back from vacation with a loaded Thursday Night Live covering the NFL CTE study, a historic Padres ownership sale, and a Power Four ban on pro-contract college athletes. 🎙️

⚾ ON THIS EPISODE:

🔹 Astros fire their GM mid-playoff-push

🔹 Padres sold for a record $3.9B — Kwanza Jones becomes MLB's first Black woman majority owner

🔹 NFL CTE study breakdown and youth football safety

🔹 Power Four conferences ban pro-contract athletes from returning to college football

🔹 Lane Kiffin loophole fight + NIL eligibility chaos

🔹 NBA: Jonathan Kuminga signs with the Timberwolves, Jokic extension rumors

🔹 WNBA: Angel Reese's rebounding surge, DeWanna Bonner joins Atlanta

🔹 NFL officially ends the Pro Bowl

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