According to the lawsuit, Ferrier had previously purchased antique flour sacks from Guida. On Nov. 26, 2016, Ferrier confronted the antiques dealer about an early 1900s sack from the Lucky Flour Company that had a swastika incorporated into its label, the suit states. It was on display behind the storeâs sales counter.
The admission took all of two words. It came when Jeff Miller, the NFLâs senior vice president for health and safety policy, was asked by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in a Capitol Hill round-table discussion whether there was a link between football and diseases like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
What is CTE? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes (and others) with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head. CTE has been known to affect boxers since the 1920s. However, recent reports have been published of neuropathologically confirmed CTE in retired professional football players and other athletes who have a history of repetitive brain trauma.