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    Regional footy way behind on concussion.

    Martyn Bain has pledged his brain to be studied for CTE after he suffered dozens of concussions playing country football.

    His relationships suffered as he got older and, after two significant concussions while at work in the demolition industry, he fell prone to alcohol and bouts of depressions, the latest of which nearly claimed his life at Christmas.

    Now 59 and living in the Barossa Valley, Mr Bain has pledged his brain to the Australian Sports Brain Bank so it can be studied upon his death for CTE, a degenerative brain disease found in people with histories of repetitive concussions or more mild subconcussive impacts.


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    Re: Regional footy way behind on concussion.

    In the past players were told to man up and get out there. Glad things have changed and we are now more concerned for the players welfare.
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