Study: Amateur football hits linked to later-life difficulty

The more hits to the head an amateur football player takes, the greater the risk that he will be depressed, have difficulty making decisions or develop other forms of cognitive impairment as an adult, a preliminary study suggests…

Expert quote:

“This is not meant to be: ‘If you get hit a certain number of times, you will have problems.’ That’s not how this can be interpreted. It is important in that it starts to answer some questions. But by no means is it a definitive study. … It is very preliminary.”