NFHS Sparks Controversy With Position Paper Claiming No Linkage Between CTE and Playing High School Football

Editor’s Note: Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff is in her second year as executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the first female to head the national leadership organization for high school athletics and performing arts activities and the sixth full-time executive director of the NFHS. Clearly, Dr. Niehoff, who was previously executive director of the Connecticut Association of Schools-Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic C