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Corboy & Demetrio Client Tregg Duerson Speaks at News Conference Announcing Dave Duerson Act

Corboy & Demetrio Client Tregg Duerson Speaks at News Conference Announcing the Dave Duerson Act to Prevent CTE Tregg Duerson, son of the late Chicago Bear Dave Duerson who suffered CTE, spoke at a Jan. 25, 2018 news conference in Chicago announcing new legislation introduced by IL State Rep. Carole Sente, D-Vernon Hills. The Act would ban tackle football for children under 12 in Illinois in order to better protect them from repeated head blows that could result in brain injury, including concussions and CTE. Corboy & Demetrio clients Mike Adamle, a former NFL player and Chicago sports broadcaster, and Liz Nicholson, wife of former Cleveland Brown Gerry Sullivan, also spoke about their support of the Dave Duerson Act. Chris Nowinski, CEO of Concussion Legacy Foundation, which studies brains of athletes after death to determine whether they suffered from CTE, also spoke. The Foundation has teamed up with Mike Adamle for The Mike Adamle Project: Rise Above, which will provide resources and support for survivors of CTE. Corboy & Demetrio Co-founder Thomas Demetrio and Partner Bill Gibbs represent more than 100 retired football players and families of deceased players in concussion litigation against the NFL and helmet maker Riddell Sports. Transcript of Tregg Duerson’s remarks: “When my father tragically took his own life, he donated his brain to science in hopes of being part of a solution. My family followed through with the donation so that we could find the answers to many questions. Research on CTE has helped us better understand his past strange behavior: the times when he was ashamed by his forgetfulness and confusion, and the times when he was overwhelmed with anger and depression. We also sought answers that might lead to a safer game of football, from the professional level down to Pop Warner. We know all too well the stories of men like my father, men like Kevin Turner, Mike Webster, Junior Seau and too many others. Their lives ended in a reversal of fortune and an ironic state of vulnerability. A distant reality from the start of the glory that these men once experienced. The research on my father’s brain and others, we now know with certainty part of the solution is to guard young children’s developing brains from the dangers of tackle football. We have an obligation to protect children’s futures especially when we know how brain trauma can be prevented. At a young age football should be about learning the basic techniques: throwing and catching and running. It should be about learning team work and sportsmanship. Millions of children can still tie on their cleats and enjoy the game without inflicting harm at each other and risking their own futures. Most children will not attain the fortune and fame as a pro football player, but they should all have a chance at a healthy future. That starts by keeping them safe on the field and allowing them the opportunity to become their best selves in the classroom, on the playground and beyond. It’s an honor to have this bill in my father’s name to protect children as well as to help protect the future of football. Thank you.”