[A-NON-A]

Wow... man I never liked the Chargers but the man was an Icon. Very Sad. The news is everywhere ARTICLE

 

[jonKranked]

i'm sorry, but this is today's big NFL news:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/02/buccaneers-sign-paralyzed-rutgers-player-eric-legrand/?hpt=hp_c1

 

[A-NON-A]

^^^^^Probably not. I think the fact the note he left about having his brain given to science to aid in determining the effects of playing in the NFL coinciding with a shocking crackdown on the bounty players... is going to lead to NFL changes. Probably the kind of changes that will turn the league into powderpuff football in the name of protecting players... Not that it is surprising.

 

[binary visions]

^^^^^Probably not. I think the fact the note he left about having his brain given to science to aid in determining the effects of playing in the NFL coinciding with a shocking crackdown on the bounty players... is going to lead to NFL changes. Probably the kind of changes that will turn the league into powderpuff football in the name of protecting players... Not that it is surprising.

Read the article. He didn't leave a note, another player that committed suicide last year left one.

 

[JohnE]

Juniors cousin was a troop of mine. Crazy as hell, but a strong, strong and good hearted kid. Them Samoans are a different breed...

 

[ultraNoob]

Some of my fondest football memories involved watching Seau level a QB. RIP Junior. I'll stop by your restaurant today and have a beer in your honor.

 

[Quo Fan]

Sucks for his family. He was a force to be reckoned with.

 

[bdamschen]

...when people commit suicide with a gun, how often is it that they shoot themselves in the chest? That seems like it would be hard as hell to do and leave you with a painful, slow death.

 

[rockofullr]

^^^ I was just pondering the same thing. Sounds a little fishy.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

...when people commit suicide with a gun, how often is it that they shoot themselves in the chest? That seems like it would be hard as hell to do and leave you with a painful, slow death.

Elliot Smith did it with a knife....

 

[IH8Rice]

...when people commit suicide with a gun, how often is it that they shoot themselves in the chest? That seems like it would be hard as hell to do and leave you with a painful, slow death.

they are talking about that now on CNN and they said it isnt common to do that. they eluded to him possibly doing that to have his brain studied because of CTE just like Dave Duerson. but if you shoot yourself in the heart, you arent going to suffer

 

[I Are Baboon]

Man, what a way to go. And you've got to love ESPN showing the footage of poor his mom in grieving pain...over, and over, and over. Eff I hate ESPN.

 

[MMike]

who?,

 

[IH8Rice]

who?,

obviously youre not a golfer

 

[Pesqueeb]

...when people commit suicide with a gun, how often is it that they shoot themselves in the chest? That seems like it would be hard as hell to do and leave you with a painful, slow death.

Several ex-football players have "chosen" to check out that way. The rational, and I use the word loosely, is to leave the brain intact so that it can be studied in regards to TBI and other brain issues that the NFL (and military) have been sweeping under the rug. Not a great way to go either way.....

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

Several ex-football players have "chosen" to check out that way. The rational, and I use the word loosely, is to leave the brain intact so that it can be studied in regards to TBI and other brain issues that the NFL (and military) have been sweeping under the rug. Not a great way to go either way.....

There an echo in here?

 

[ultraNoob]

The restaurant was closed. Many flowers and news vans line the frontage. Didn't want part of that zoo, so I quietly paid tribute.