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Joining us from indianapolis, what made you pursue this area? i got interested in it because i played football at harvard and then i was a pro wrestler with wwe and i had to retire from a series of concussions in 2003 and suffered post concussion syndrome for years and tried to figure out what was wrong with me. what did you figure out as you tried to form this sports legacy? we started it because there was pretty much overwhelming evidence in the medical literature that said there was serious long-term consequences from repetitive brain injury and concussions but the sports community wasn t realizing that and taking the right steps to protect athletes. we re trying to make sure sports changes to make themselves safer for the brain. you said hey, look at my brain, you know, i m having some problems. maybe you can learn something from that. what did they learn? how have we benefited? well, i work at b.u. as primarily so far studying the brains of athletes when they ve passed a ....