Giants’ Cam Skattebo says his denial of CTE and asthma were part of a ‘tasteless joke’
Mar 22, 2026
Running back retracts comments he gave on podcastPlayer’s mother says she is asthmaticNew York Giants running back Cam Skattebo has apologized for saying that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and asthma are “fake”, insisting that his comments were not meant to be taken seriously.In an ap
pearance on the Bring the Juice podcast, the 24-year-old was asked whether he believes CTE – a degenerative brain condition linked to repeated head trauma – is real. Skattebo called the condition an “excuse”, before making a similar claim about asthma. Continue reading... ...read more read less