>> HARD HITTING NUMBERS TODAY IN
A STUDY ABOUT FOOTBALL AND HEAD
TRAUMA.
99 PERCENT OF THE BRAINS OF
FORMER NFL PLAYERS STUDIED WERE
DAMAGED.
OUT OF 111 BRAINS EXAMINED ALL
BUT ONE HAD CTE DISEASE CAUSED
BY REPEATED BLOWS TO THE HEAD.
SYMPTOMS ARE EMOTIONALLY
INSTABILITY.
MEMORY LOSS.
DOCTORS NOW SAY THE BRAIN DAMAGE
THOUGHT.
AND MORE WORK SHOULD BE DONE TO
DETECT AND TREAT IT IN ITS
EARLIEST STAGES.
NFL SAID IT HAS PLEDGED
$200 MILLION FOR RESEARCH AND
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT.
>> Anchor: FOR BRIAN AND
KANDICE PRICE IT IS A DAILY
BATTLE DEALING WITH WHAT THEY
CALL SIGNS OF THE DISEASE.
RATHER THAN LATER.
>> Anchor: TONIGHT MARA
MACDONALD HAS PART TWO OF THE
CONVERSATION WITH THE FORMER NFL
LINE BACKER AND HIS WIFE.
>> YOU GET A LOOK AT BIG BRIAN
PRICE HOLDING THE POINT.
>> WATCH HIM RUN DOWN THE
576-POUND BROWN.
>> YOU WILL SEE HIM BUST INTO
THE BACK FIELD.
>> Reporter: MAN ON THIS VIDEO
IS AGITATED AND SCARING PEOPLE
AT A AUTO PARTS STORE.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA THIS MAN IS
ACTUALLY THIS MAN.
BRIAN PRICE, ELITE NFL DEFENSIVE
TACKLE FOR TEAMS LIKE TAMPA BAY
BUCCANEERS AND CHICAGO BEARS.
HUSBAND TO TRACK STAR KANDICE
DAVIS ADVICE AND FATHER TO
GEEIANNA AND BABY BOY ON THE
WAY.
PRICE'S WIFE DOES NOT WANT TO
SEE THIS VIDEO OF HER HUSBAND
PLOWING THROUGH THE GLASS DOORS.
BUT SHE THINKS IF HE HAD BEEN
ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDES WASHTENAW
DEAD.
>> THIS IS NOT A TORN ACL OR
REHAB.
THIS IS NOT BREAST CANCER AND
SURVIVORS.
DEALING WITH SOMETHING THEY DO
NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT TO EDUCATE
FAMILY.
>> Reporter: BRIAN HAS WHAT IS
CALLED CTE.
AND WILL SMITH RECENTLY STARRED
IN MOVIE CONCUSSION ABOUT THE
DOCTOR THAT DISCOVERED THE
PROGRESSIVE BRAIN DEGENERATIVE
DISEASE IN NFL PLAYERS.
CTE CAN ONLY BE CONFIRMED AFTER
EXAMINED.
33 PLAYERS HAVE BEEN
DEFINITIVELY DIAGNOSED AFTER
DEATH INCLUDING FRANK GIFFORD
AND JUNIOR SAY YO.
BOB PROVERB DISCOVERED TO HAVE
DEATH.
CAUSE IS REPEATED BLOWS TO THE
HEAD.
AND IT MANIFESTS IN MULTIPLE
WAYS.
AGGRESSION.
DIFFICULTY THINKING.
AND EVEN SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
THERE IS NO CURE.
>> I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO THEM.
EVEN PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.
TO GET MORE CONSISTENT THERAPY.
TO SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
EVEN FOR MYSELF.
WITH THIS.
>> Reporter: THE THEM SHE IS
REFERRING TO IS NFL.
BRIAN HAS AN ASSIGNED CASE
MANAGER THAT TAKES HER CALLS BUT
AS FAR AS MEDICAL HELP KANDICE
IS FRUSTRATED.
FOR HIS PART BRIAN DOES NOT
REMEMBER WHAT WENT ON AT THAT
AUTO PARTS STORE.
JUST THE TASTE OF BLOOD IN HIS
MOUTH.
>> MENTALLY LIKE SOME DAYS I
STRUGGLE A LOT.
BUT LIKE AS A MAN, AND AS A
FRIEND AND FATHER, YOU KNOW
DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I KNOW I AM
NOT ONLY ONE GOING THROUGH THIS.
>> Reporter: SHORT-TERM MEMORY
HAS BECOME POOR.
PAIN.
HE SLUGS IT OFF.
REPEATED HEADACHES.
>> IN HIGH SCHOOL A LOT.
LIKE MY MOM USED TO SAY I HATE
AFTER A GOOD PLAY.
>> Reporter: ALSO THE
PERSONALITY CHANGES.
>> HE HAS HIS CORE
CHARACTERISTICS.
RESPECT FOR QUIM.
PERSONALITY.
>> Reporter: BRIAN IS ONLY 28
YEARS OLD.
THERAPY.
AT A COST OF $40,000.
THAT.
AND TREATMENT FOR THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT INSURANCE JUST
DOESN'T COVER.
>> I WOULD BE HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT.
I REALLY HOPE THAT THERE IS A
SOLUTION BEFORE -- IT IS
TERRIFYING TO THINK YOUNG MEN
ARE KILLING THEMSELVES.
BIG FEAR OF MINE.
BRIAN NEVER WOULD HURT ANYONE
ELSE OR MYSELF OR MY FAMILY.
HURT HIMSELF?
>> Reporter: AFTER TALKING TO
BRIAN AND KANDICE ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED
HERE.
OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
BRIAN TOLD ME HE WANTED TO SEE
THE VIDEO.
HE WAS OKAY WITH LOOKING AT THE
VIDEO.
BUT KANDICE WAS NEVER OKAY WITH
LOOKING AT THE VIDEO.
SAID IT WAS TOO HARD FOR H TO
LOOK AT.
AND AS OF TONIGHT SHE STILL
HASN'T LOOKED AT THE VIDEO.
>> Anchor: IT IS JARRING.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING ELSE TO
CONSIDER.
YOU SEE SHE IS PREGNANT.
THEY ARE HAVING A BABY BOY.
THIS LITTLE BOY IS COMING FROM
TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE SO
ATHLETICALLY TALENTED.
I ASKED IF THIS BOY WANTS TO
PLAY FOOTBALL LIKE HIS DADDY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
AND ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM?
SHE SAID NO WAY.
>> Anchor: TOUGHER AND
TOUGHER QUESTION FOR A LOT OF
PARENTS THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT
THIS PROBLEM.
TOMORROW MORNING FORMER LION
LOEHMANN JOINING US IN STUDIO
CONTROVERSY OVER CONCUSSIONS AND