Junior Seau Found Dead in Home

[HSVol]

Reported as a gunshot wound to the chest

Preserves the brain for research. That's what Duerson did.

 

[005]

Preserves the brain for research. That's what Duerson did.

Not being a dick but... is it noted that Duerson did it that way on purpose?

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

makes you wonder if he shot himself in the chest so they could study his brain. (as did Duerson)

 

[HSVol]

Wouldn't be surprised at all if he left a note asking for his brain to be donated for CTE research.

 

[n_huffhines]

WTF. He was one of my favorites as a kid.

Unstoppable coming off the edge in Tecmo.

 

[HSVol]

Not being a dick but... is it noted that Duerson did it that way on purpose?

Yes, Duerson requested it

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Not being a dick but... is it noted that Duerson did it that way on purpose?

yes, it was in his suicide note

 

[vader]

Preserves the brain for research. That's what Duerson did.

Wow.

 

[milohimself]

Not being a dick but... is it noted that Duerson did it that way on purpose?

He left that on his suicide note IIRC

 

[005]

Thanks y'all.

Wow. wow.

 

[YankeeVol]

Same as Duerson, no?

Preserves the brain for research. That's what Duerson did.

Yup. And it wouldn't surprise me if that's why Seau did it that way too

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Wow this is very sad. I remember having his trading card from SI for kids.


Godspeed.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Espn.com still has not reported on it.

Amazing how fast twitter is.

 

[oskie_score]

ESPN reporting that Junior Seau has been found dead in his home.

 

[TrueOrange]

Quite sad, if true.

Prayers and condolences to his family.

 

[Kurtastrophe]

don't mean to take away here and it's just a thought, but if this is self inflicted and he's already tried before, will there be a link to concussions

RIP Seau

That's what Yahoo alluded to. Similar to the way that Dave Duerson died.

Whoops. A little late.

 

[BigOrangeD]

ESPN reporting that Junior Seau has been found dead in his home.

Self inflicted gunshot wound according to some. Sad.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I'm still not seeing it on ESPN.com.

 

[vol_n_sc]

damn, prayers for the family

 

[YankeeVol]

I'm still not seeing it on ESPN.com.

It's on their mobile site

 

[AllVols]

Rip

 

[underscore]

ESPN just reported that the Chargers confirm the death.

Nice indirect journalism, ESPN. That's a kind of random confirmation considering the situation, no?

 

[Vercingetorix]

Very sad.

Football as we know it now is not going to exist in 15-20 years.

 

[OCIVol]

Folks, if you like football, you better enjoy it while it lasts because it's not going to be around in 20 years. With players getting bigger, faster, and stronger, the concussions will only increase. In addition, you are seeing a number of former NFL players commit suicide, and the studies on their brains are going to be devastating news to the NFL. The NFL, however, will survive longer than college football because the NFL will be able to get its players to sign assumption of risk and liability waivers in every contract. Because the NFL players are get paid, the law deems this sufficient consideration for the enforcement of the contract. Colleges, however, will not be able to require student-athletes to enter these contracts. All it's going to take is one former college football player to commit suicide or have other mental/physical disabilities related to concussions incurred during playing college football, and the players estate filing a lawsuit against the university. It's not really a question of if, but when the estate prevails on the lawsuit, insurance companies will refuse to insure universities against such claims and universities will begin pulling their football programs.

 

[Spartacavolus]

lawyers and liability will end it

The helmets were designed to prevent skull fractures, when in actuality, preventing skull fractures has caused too many concussions because the energy isn't dispersed. Akin to a Nascar tearing apart, rather than staying completely in tact during a bad wreck.

It's also a reason why I won't have any boys playing football this year for the first time in 6 years.