TMZ Reporting Junior Seau Is Dead

[George Cumby]

Gary Plummer suggests Jr. suffered 1,500 concussions in his career:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/03/seaus-family-considers-donating-brain-for-study/

[Guiness]

I don't know if 1500 concussions is accurate or meaningful. What's a low grade concussion? By the book, every time you sneeze and see little stars at the edge of your vision, that's a concussion.

But his other point was very valid: there is no exit strategy from the NFL. Exit counseling from the NFL, for everyone from a TC cut to an HOF middle linebacker should be mandatory.

[woodbuck27]

One of your old students? So does that mean you are one of those lazy-ass, overpaid teachers who are ruining America?

An invalid statement. Teachers are NEVER overpaid.

[woodbuck27]

I don't know if 1500 concussions is accurate or meaningful. What's a low grade concussion? By the book, every time you sneeze and see little stars at the edge of your vision, that's a concussion.

But his other point was very valid: there is no exit strategy from the NFL. Exit counseling from the NFL, for everyone from a TC cut to an HOF middle linebacker should be mandatory.

Your certainly correct there Guiness.

[swede]

An invalid statement. Teachers are NEVER overpaid.

I'm a teacher. I'm overpaid. You have to watch for absolute statements there, Woody.

[Scott Campbell]

I'm a teacher. I'm overpaid. You have to watch for absolute statements there, Woody.

Quit beating yourself up over Harlan. It's not your fault.

[mraynrand]

An invalid statement. Teachers are NEVER overpaid.

Amen!

[Scott Campbell]

The family is allowing his brain to be studied.

[Patler]

But his other point was very valid: there is no exit strategy from the NFL. Exit counseling from the NFL, for everyone from a TC cut to an HOF middle linebacker should be mandatory.

Ken Ruettgers has started a nonprofit organization specifically for helping athletes transition into the real world:

http://www.gamesover.org/home

Maybe the NFL should do more to promote it or other similar organizations.

One thing has always bothered me. Athletes have agents. Elite ones like Seau are surrounded by lawyers, sometimes agents for different purposes (team matters, marketing, business enterprises, etc.) and who knows how many other advisers. Agents make very good money from these guys, They should have an obligation to help them during their transition years, including planning for it in the years leading up to it. It should be part of their package of services. I imagine some do, but many athletes seem suddenly on their own after retirement with nothing lined up for them.

[ThunderDan]

Ken Ruettgers has started a nonprofit organization specifically for helping athletes transition into the real world:

http://www.gamesover.org/home

Maybe the NFL should do more to promote it or other similar organizations.

One thing has always bothered me. Athletes have agents. Elite ones like Seau are surrounded by lawyers, sometimes agents for different purposes (team matters, marketing, business enterprises, etc.) and who knows how many other advisers. Agents make very good money from these guys, They should have an obligation to help them during their transition years, including planning for it in the years leading up to it. It should be part of their package of services. I imagine some do, but many athletes seem suddenly on their own after retirement with nothing lined up for them.

I am guessing that when the money dries up and the agent wont get paid anymore they mysteriously disappear.

[pbmax]

That isn't the half of it. Doug Miller was struck by lightning. People were with him and started doing CPR to save him. While performing CPR Doug was struck by lightning again and killed. At least that's what I heard on NFL Channel on Sirius Radio.

Holy crap. Like winning the Lottery twice. In reverse. That is almost too strange to believe.

They should have taken the putter out of his hand. And given him a 1-iron.

[Smeefers]

Ken Ruettgers has started a nonprofit organization specifically for helping athletes transition into the real world:

http://www.gamesover.org/home

Maybe the NFL should do more to promote it or other similar organizations.

One thing has always bothered me. Athletes have agents. Elite ones like Seau are surrounded by lawyers, sometimes agents for different purposes (team matters, marketing, business enterprises, etc.) and who knows how many other advisers. Agents make very good money from these guys, They should have an obligation to help them during their transition years, including planning for it in the years leading up to it. It should be part of their package of services. I imagine some do, but many athletes seem suddenly on their own after retirement with nothing lined up for them.

That's how a lot of them want it. All Brett could do was talk about mowing his lawn and it's awful hard to force a guy to get another job.. Guys who want to get into business' or side projects always seem to find a way. Hell, LeRoy just sort of wanders around green bay and signs stuff, shows up to events, stuff like that. He still has a billboard out on highway 10 somewhere for a car place. Smaller time players get to go live regular lives, selling insurance or running a restaurant, but you rarely hear about these guys falling off a cliff. The NFL goes out of their way to help these guys progress from NFL life to civilian life.

[pbmax]

I don't know if 1500 concussions is accurate or meaningful. What's a low grade concussion? By the book, every time you sneeze and see little stars at the edge of your vision, that's a concussion.

But his other point was very valid: there is no exit strategy from the NFL. Exit counseling from the NFL, for everyone from a TC cut to an HOF middle linebacker should be mandatory.

Actually that number might be closer to a meaningful stat than counting up injury report mentions of concussions.

Studies done on the field at University practices (I think North Carolina) with accelerometers, showed that the act suspected of causing the most damage was repetitive mild hits, not the spectacular ones that currently get people suspended in the NFL from the Chuck Cecils of the world.

Lineman suffered the most, followed by linebackers and running backs. Simply lining up head across head on the LOS was the most common cause of impacts that affected brain function.

In a very significant way, the NFL is quite possibly focused on the wrong on-field action.