Sporting codes should implement CTE policies, neuropathologist says after analysing Paul Green's brain

The neuropathologist who discovered high amounts of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the donated brain of late rugby league player and coach Paul Green says major sporting codes should develop CTE minimisation policies. Key points: Associate Professor Michael Buckland said the impact on Green's brain was "very easy to see" CTE, the degenerative brain disease, is caused by repeated hits to the head It's hoped future research will create a blood test to diagnose the disease in life Associate Professor Michael Buckland said moves by sporting codes to better manage concussion were welcome, but more could be done. "The first one is reducing a person's cumulative lifetime exposure to repeated head impacts, and the second principle would be delaying the age of onset of first exposure to repeated head impacts." Dr Buckland said the family's brave decision to donate Green's brain would have a significant impact on the research into diagnosing CTE and ways to protect future generations from the disease.