Posted on 04/24/2012 7:34:14 AM PDT by Perdogg
Former football star Ray Easterling has become the latest sportsman to kill himself after suffering from depression believed to have been linked to head injuries during his career. The 62-year-old, who police say shot himself at his home in Richmond, Virginia, played for the Atlanta Falcons during the 1970s and later sued the NFL over its handling of concussions. He began showing signs of brain damage 20 years ago with bouts of depression and insomnia.
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Re Soccer, there is brain damage among players from heading the soccer ball.......
Just saying, baseball perhaps?
I would think that people don’t throw the term “getting your bell rung” around lightly. Anyone with any common sense should know, deep down, that repeatedly getting hit in the head is going to have an effect—especially since the NFL outlawed head slaps in the ‘70s.
To the best of my knowledge, I have only had two concussions in my life. One bouncing my head off the cobblestones when I was a kid, and the other heading a soccer ball when I was in college.
I'm sure there are a lot of soccer players who have had repeated brain injuries from heading the ball. They ain't beach balls and they can come at you very fast. If you don't head them just right, they will rattle the hell out of you. It can be a dangerous play.
Smiling face, haunted eyes.
You think Ray is in “God’s presence” after killing himself? I wouldn’t presume to know myself, but given that he took his own life it may not be the case. God determines when we all go—or he is supposed to.
Oh so the players didn’t know and the doctors didn’t even know, but somehow the NFL knew.
Yeah right. I am a corporate defense attorney and this concussion stuff is a plaintiff’s attorney wet dream.
Re this poor guy who killed himself, it would be really interesting to see if dementia rain in his family, if he did steroids, I.e. If there were other causes than the concussion knee jerk cause.
Let me know how you look at the deaths and the presence of God with the
poor souls that leaped from the Towers on 9-11, rather than be incinerated?
What a stupid thing to say. I stated I don’t presume to know where the man’s soul now resides. The man was not in his right mind apparently and only God can judge that.
The poor souls on the twin towers were escaping certain horrific death they were physically not able to endure. They didn’t want to die You’re pretty self-righteous there fella. You seem to know that without a doubt, the man is now with Jesus.
What a stupid thing to say. I stated I don’t presume to know where the man’s soul now resides. The man was not in his right mind apparently and only God can judge that.
The poor souls on the twin towers were escaping certain horrific death they were physically not able to endure. They didn’t want to die You’re pretty self-righteous there fella. You seem to know that without a doubt, the man is now with Jesus.
Your treatise makes no sense that it’s alright because
“The poor souls on the twin towers were escaping certain horrific death they were physically not able to endure. They didn’t want to die”
What I was saying Ray Easterling was facing the his own horrific death! He did the same as they did, took their own lives.
Your snide remark “You’re pretty self-righteous there fella.” shows me and any other Freepers who might be reading our postings, whom may be the self righteous one.
My God is a very compassionate caring God.
I’ll allow you the last word, if you wish!
May God Bless You and Yours.
FINI
Either Christ died for ALL my sins on the cross, or I am surely not saved .
Only unforgivable sin is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. And I don’t think believers commit that sin. The Pharisees did when they attributed the works of the Holy Spirit through Jesus to the devil, knowing it was a lie.
Croak at 51 is about the average, as I recall, for a thugball player.
Nope. I’m not saying the NFL knew or should have known. I don’t think medical science really understood this stuff until pretty recently. We’re only beginning to elucidate some of the mechanisms by which traumatic brain injury may cause ongoing functional impairment, but other aspects are still opaque.
You’re absolutely right that a there’s a whole constellation of inputs into this guy’s problems and it’s not possible to tease them out. I’m not thinking of the whole issue in terms of legal considerations, counselor; my perspective is medical.
Thanks, but I don’t need the last word. You’ve made up your mind. Thanks anyway.
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