Advice that I would give to myself if I had it to do all over again.
I would tell myself not to speak out about CTE till I knew virtually everything about it. I was close in 2010 by a mm or two concerning bridge V but we know about close...only counts in horseshoes and grenades. I have literally been working 7 years to close a mm or so gap in my bridge V knowledge.
I am glad that I had the sticktuitiveness to stay with it but my bottom line suggestion is lay back until you covered all the bases.
Stan Shuffett
Many are happy that you stuck with it.