Junior Seau has died...

[Darthrazz]

https://content.usatoday.com/commun...fl-star-junior-seau-dead-at-43/1#.T6GCzO3_B5h

 

[dharper]

Holy ____! That's crazy news. I knew he was having problems, but damn. So sad.

 

[Jack D]

WOW...didn't expect that. RIP.

 

[karamazov80]

That sucks.

 

[cokebabies]

He shot himself in the chest, which I assume is so they can study his brain as part of the ongoing NFL damage studies.

Either way, that's awful.

 

[Matt S]

Wow, terrible news.......

 

[cokebabies]

Jeez - he's the eight member of the '94 Chargers to die already.

 

[Darthrazz]

Jeez - he's the eight member of the '94 Chargers to die already.

That's just creepy.

 

[The Mike]

He shot himself in the chest, which I assume is so they can study his brain as part of the ongoing NFL damage studies.
Either way, that's awful.

Really? Was that part of it that he wanted his brain researched? Wow. I thought the shot in the chest was sketchy but I guess if that is what he wanted it makes more sense...

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

He shot himself in the chest, which I assume is so they can study his brain as part of the ongoing NFL damage studies.

Either way, that's awful.

That's what Dave Duerson of the Bears did. Doctors found his brain had deteriorated due to the number of head blows he had taken during his career.

You begin to wonder about the future of this league as well as MMA.

 

[316what]

You begin to wonder about the future of this league as well as MMA.

As long as there's big money to be made, the NFL and MMA aren't going anywhere.

 

[karamazov80]

As long as there's big money to be made, the NFL and MMA aren't going anywhere.

Yep. They'll find scapegoats, make fairly minor rule changes in response to publicity, and continue to gloss over the larger issues.

 

[cokebabies]

Really? Was that part of it that he wanted his brain researched? Wow. I thought the shot in the chest was sketchy but I guess if that is what he wanted it makes more sense...

Well as of now nothing official has come out, like a note he left behind, or anything. But like SixMillion, there has already been a precedent set by Duerson. And that fact that this isn't the first is sad.

 

[Darthrazz]

Jeez - he's the eight member of the '94 Chargers to die already.

Six months ago we noted that linebacker Lew Bush had died of an apparent heart attack, only six days after his 42nd birthday, making him, at the time, the seventh member of that team to die. Defensive lineman Shawn Lee died last year of a heart attack at 44. Defensive lineman Chris Mims died in 2008 of complications from having an enlarged heart at age 38. Offensive lineman Curtis Whitley died in 2008 of a drug overdose at age 39. Linebacker Doug Miller died in 1998 after he was struck by lightning, at age 28. Running back Rodney Culver died in 1996 in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, at age 26. Linebacker David Griggs died in 1995 in a car accident at age 28.

 

[nash]

woah where did this come from? what was wrong with him, depressed?

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

As long as there's big money to be made, the NFL and MMA aren't going anywhere.

Of course, money will trump all. I'm more or less talking about the long term future of these sports. 30-40 years from now, I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL didn't exist.

 

[yodasan]

He shot himself in the chest, which I assume is so they can study his brain as part of the ongoing NFL damage studies.

That article says he was shot in the head - ?

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

That article says he was shot in the head - ?

From Espn.com.....

"Oceanside police chief Frank McCoy said Wednesday afternoon that a woman who identified herself as Seau's girlfriend said she discovered Seau unconscious with a gunshot wound to his chest. McCoy said police found a handgun near Seau and the incident is being investigated as a suicide."

https://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/...n-diego-charger-found-dead-cops-probe-suicide

 

[Grenouille]

woah where did this come from? what was wrong with him, depressed?

There's been quite a bit of speculation that he was suffering from depression. He did have the incident back in October of '10 where he drove his jeep off a cliff after a domestic issue. Probably the first suicide attempt.

 

[ebor]

Sad news, very sad news...RIP Junior