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Who thinks this will be tied to post concussion brain injury causing his mental instability? Several former players have a lawsuit against the NFL for this issue.
.Who thinks this will be tied to post concussion brain injury causing his mental instability? Several former players have a lawsuit against the NFL for this issue.
Who thinks this will be tied to post concussion brain injury causing his mental instability? Several former players have a lawsuit against the NFL for this issue.
Who thinks this will be tied to post concussion brain injury causing his mental instability? Several former players have a lawsuit against the NFL for this issue.
Having participated in professional sports but obviously not to Mr. Seau's capacity and not in football were concussions are the norm although I have had my share of them. I think there is something else at play here. These guys are in there 20's on top of the world and everyone wants to be associated with them while they are active in the game. Then they retire and the nastalgia fades. The fans stop falling over themselves to get a piece of them. They begin to have difficulty dealing with their new position in life and they are still very young. They struggle with their new role to an extent that they have no idea how to handle. While many make it through this tough time and learn to deal with the next chapter of their lives others seem to never find a way of coping. Add the concussions and the depression and the feeling of loss all together and these guys are in a tough tough place that is not something many of us could handle well.
I am not discounting the concussion theory but I believe there is more at play.
Noy, did you have a hard time adjusting after you were done with baseball? I miss the preparation, competition, winning, being in the lockerroom with teammates.
The adjustment was pretty easy for me because I wasn't there yet in the game. I was as my coach told me just last year at his hall of fame induction that I was the best catcher he has ever seen to this day and that one struck me harder than I thought it would have after all these years. But after a few days I was thinking that I'm still better off today than I would have most likely been had I stuck it out. The adjustment was pretty easy because I emersed myself in school and med school right away. I didn't have the time to worry if I had made the right decision. I was busy.
I am still super competitive in everything I do as if it where a game I have to win. But with age I'm learning to step back and let others succeed and that can be pretty cool.
They begin to have difficulty dealing with their new position in life and they are still very young. They struggle with their new role to an extent that they have no idea how to handle. While many make it through this tough time and learn to deal with the next chapter of their lives others seem to never find a way of coping. ..... these guys are in a tough tough place that is not something many of us could handle well.
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I have so little sympathy for professional athletes that can't figure life out.