I used to be a huge football fan. Went to see a local HS game. Saw a kid take a brutal hit. It was clear he was concussed. They put him back in the game, and he played a few more snaps, took a few more hits. Collapsed on the sidelines shortly after. His brain hemorrhaged, and he went into a coma. Now he's just paralyzed waist down and has very limited upper body movement. Can't speak.
The CTE stuff started to come out around that time too. I then heard about one of my pop's favorite players from the 80s taking his own life via a gunshot to the body instead of the brain, just so researchers would take a look at his brain because he suspected it was damaged and he was beginning to mentally unravel. I couldn't come to watch any football after that, especially a criminal enterprise like the NFL.
It sucks because for a lot of these kids, especially the minorities, it's still a way out.
I used to be a huge football fan. Went to see a local HS game. Saw a kid take a brutal hit. It was clear he was concussed. They put him back in the game, and he played a few more snaps, took a few more hits. Collapsed on the sidelines shortly after. His brain hemorrhaged, and he went into a coma. Now he's just paralyzed waist down and has very limited upper body movement. Can't speak.
The CTE stuff started to come out around that time too. I then heard about one of my pop's favorite players from the 80s taking his own life via a gunshot to the body instead of the brain, just so researchers would take a look at his brain because he suspected it was damaged and he was beginning to mentally unravel. I couldn't come to watch any football after that, especially a criminal enterprise like the NFL.
It sucks because for a lot of these kids, especially the minorities, it's still a way out.