“I’ve Had Hundreds, Maybe Thousands”: Brett Favre Drops Congressional Hearing Bombshell, Says He Has Serious Brain Disease From Multiple Concussions During His 20-Year Hall of Fame Career

Brain trauma and diseases are something the NFL, one of the largest grossing companies in the world, doesn’t like to talk about. The league has made rules changes over the years —most recently the new hybrid kickoff rule — to limit collisions and concussions to players.& In response to these necessary, but game-altering changes, some purists have complained that the NFL is becoming more like flag football, but the warriors of yesterday, such as Brett Favre, who probably played way longer than he should have, are still suffering the sad aftereffects of the fame, fortune and glory that has defined their careers. Brett Favre Announces He Has Parkinson’s Disease The Hall of Fame quarterback, who threw for 71, 838 yards and 508 TDs in his 20-year career, disclosed during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease,& a degenerative nervous system disorder that causes parts of the brain to deteriorate and affects movement. Hall-of-Fame QB Brett Favre announced that he recently was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. pic.twitter.com/dU0RL0nmsH— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 24, 2024 Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee, Favre spoke about Prevacus, a company developing a concussion drug that received $2 million...