Brian Urlacher Claims Some Former NFL Players Are Faking CTE

Interesting to hear from a former NFL player about CTE, which is real issue for NFL players, or anyone who uses their head to make a living. Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is always one to say whatever’s on his mind, and his latest take is players in the NFL are faking CTE.

The former All-Pro linebacker said on the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast that former NFL players say they have CTE so they can be included in any class action lawsuits. Of course it’s a move based on money down the road.

Speaking with fellow NFL player Will Compton for the June 29th edition of the podcast Bussin’ With The Boys, the two discussed the brain condition and its effects on players.

“I feel like I’m decently sharp still. You know, there’s some things I forget, but my friends forget shit too. I feel like I’m still doing pretty well. There are some guys I played with who claimed — I don’t know, here’s the problem now with all the guys with the CTE, if they do have it, I feel for them, but there’s guys who say they have it just so they can be in the fucking lawsuit.”

“They want that money from the NFL and I get it, man. You know, everyone wants to get their due, but there’s really guys that have it, that deserve to be taken care of. And there’s the guys that don’t have it who want to be — who want to have it just so they can get part of that lawsuit and that just drives me crazy.”

Currently there’s no way anyone can prove that they have CTE while they are still alive. It’s a condition that can be diagnosed only after a person dies.

So any sort of payout would be after the player dies. Like most things Urlacher says, we’ll just ignore it.

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