NYT > U.S. News As CTE Cases Soar, Why Can’t Americans Quit the NFL? Par : John Branch 26 août 2026 à 05:00 A collision of American popular culture and public health is on display in the N.F.L. © Mark Makela for The New York TimesAccording to a new study, about 25 percent of the nearly 900 former N.F.L. players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.