Socceroos legend Paul Wade has called for limitations on the way children play sports like soccer.

His plea comes after he was diagnosed with probable CTE.

“Please don’t be scared if your kid gets whacked on the head and getting CTE; that’s not going to happen … But just restrict those moments of impact as I did it for thousands of times,” he said.

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