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The Boston Globe Questions Chris Nowinski & SLI’s Close Ties To WWE, Mick Foley Responds To The Article

By Nick Hausman

The Boston Globe released what has become a controversial editorial in the pro wrestling community taking a look at Chris Nowinski and the Sports Legacy Institute’s close ties to the WWE. Amongst other things the article questions the ethics of Nowinski and SLI accepting, so far, $2.7 million dollars from WWE. It also questions why no pro wrestler’s brains have been donated by their family’s for CTE research since 2013.

You can read the full article by clicking HERE

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley posted the following to Facebook this morning in response to the editorial:

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