My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks my son to play football, I'll sue that coach, and I'll sue the school. Bennet Omalu askcoachfield Change image and share on social
Chronic means long term. Traumatic means associated with trauma. Encephalopathy means a bad brain. Bennet Omalu badbrainchronic Change image and share on social
Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work. Bennet Omalu acceptappallblunt Change image and share on social
Actually, I'm for football. But I'm for intelligent football that enhances us rather than football that steals away who we are. Bennet Omalu enhancefootballintelligent Change image and share on social
I grew up in Africa, in Nigeria. I never knew, I never had any reasonable encounter with football. I saw football on Sky News. I thought there were people dressed like extraterrestrials, you know, like they were going to Mars or something, headgears and shoulder pads. And I wondered why, as a child, why did they have to dress that way. Bennet Omalu africachilddress share on social
I am a spiritual person. I'm a Catholic. I treat my patients, the dead patients, as live patients. I believe there is life after death. And I talk to my patients. I talk to them, not loudly but quietly in my heart when I look at them. Before I do an autopsy, I must have a visual contact with the face. Bennet Omalu autopsycatholiccontact share on social
A child who plays a game of football for one season without any documented concussion - several months after that season, if you subject his brain to sophisticated psychological testing and radiological testing, functional MRIs, there is evidence of brain damage. Bennet Omalu brainchildconcussion share on social
No, no, I don't watch football. The last time I tried watching was the last Super Bowl. The problem I have is, you know, the graphic nature of my imagination; when I watch and see them meeting head onto head, helmet onto helmet, what flashes through my mind is what's going on in their brains. It's like torture to me. Bennet Omalu bowlbrainflash share on social
Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we can play football. Bennet Omalu americanbrainderive Change image and share on social
There is no safe blow to the head, especially for a child. Bennet Omalu blowchildhead Change image and share on social