I see that nuance isn't your long suit either. Do you pass this incoherent racist bigotry on to your kids and grandkids?
Aaron Hernandez--victim
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I see that nuance isn't your long suit either. Do you pass this incoherent racist bigotry on to your kids and grandkids?
In many sitcoms, the opening scene will present a small, stand-alone story. The episode may return to this story at the very end, or it may not. It doesn't matter. The actual theme of the episode isn't to be found in this opening scene; it serves only to segue into the main story which follows, which represents the narrative the writers actually want to explore in the episode.
It's interesting to me that Hernandez was supposedly a very nice kid when he was in his teens. Do I think CTE made him become the monster he was? No...but I'd bet if he had a "severe" case of it, then it probably did contribute to his behavioral problems. This is a guy who in all likelihood gunned someone down who accidentally spilled a drink on him at a bar. That's not the sort of person that is in his right mind.
With all that said, what about the 99% of people who have had CTE over the years and were able to peacefully live out their lives? Also, you have to wonder about PEDs when it comes to the NFL. What effects are they having on the brain?
If I had children, I'd try to steer them away from playing football. I played through high school and although I was pretty good at it, I don't think it's all that fun to play. Especially if you played defense, like me. At least when you're a soccer player you get the ball every now and then.
With all that said, what about the 99% of people who have had CTE over the years and were able to peacefully live out their lives? Also, you have to wonder about PEDs when it comes to the NFL. What effects are they having on the brain?
If I had children, I'd try to steer them away from playing football. I played through high school and although I was pretty good at it, I don't think it's all that fun to play. Especially if you played defense, like me. At least when you're a soccer player you get the ball every now and then.
If AH was a very nice kid before football and a monster after then CTE seems like a pretty reasonable explanation for the change. Maybe there were other factors too? Is anyone (besides the NFL) particularly vested in the thesis that CTE is not to blame?
His father died when Hernandez was a teenager. Precedes a lot of people abandoning their moorings.
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Maybe. For as much as we know about PTSD we still know virtually nothing about it. For instance, we are still (for the large part), not able to discern a case of real PTSD and a case of temporary coping with change and trauma. The statistics on the number of PTSD disability claims filed by veterans is repugnant (at least it is to me) given that only about 10% of forces have ever seen combat.
CTE physically damages the brain. I think PTSD is more a symptom of perkhaps some physical damage but also emotional damage. Think of PTSD as a Venn diagram with physical damage in one circle and unrelated emotional damage in the other.
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And they do this in the best Bond films.
True, but how many people become that untethered from their moorings? He was an honor student in HS and was able to graduate HS early. He also won the Pop Warner Inspiration to Youth Award. I agree that his father's death probably had something to do with it, but CTE also may have played a significant role in his behavioral changes.
We'll never know.
We'll never know.
You can never rule out steroid use in the NFL. It’s more prominent than you think. New synthetics that there is no test for are always coming out and there are other ways to beat tests. I don’t know if Hernandez did them or not, but this can also lead to short term and long term psychological effects on a person. And to anyone who thinks “we’d know about it if a lot of NFL guys were using”, just look at MLB. These guys were juicing for a good decade, probably longer, before there was any fuss about it.
In screenwriting circles, it's referred to as a "grabber" and the Bond thing was always the most common reference...a way to set the table in a way that makes people want to keep watching.
32 Billionaires pooling together to give a scapegoat 40 million dollars a year is dumb? They get off scot-free while they parade Goodell out there to enforce their rules and be the fall man.
Methinks it's a good investment by them in the end.
I do see that Trump came out in favor of concussions in the NFL tonight, in his speech urging the NFL to fire players. It is a rare mind to side with concussions.
Nope, smoked too much weed. Or not enough. I’m not clear on this yet.
The Sociopath-in-Chief speaks about efforts to address the appalling incidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy:
Regarding his nostalgia for the dangerous hits that college and pro football have been trying to take out of the game, Trump said: “Today if you hit too hard—15 yards! Throw him out of the game! They had that last week. I watched for a couple of minutes. Two guys, just really, beautiful tackle. Boom, 15 yards! The referee gets on television—his wife is sitting at home, she’s so proud of him. They’re ruining the game! They’re ruining the game. That’s what they want to do. They want to hit. They want to hit! It is hurting the game.
The President has even more money and can't find a good barber.
Just a subtle tip of the hat to the UFC, WWE, NASCAR crowd that represents Trump. So many men who can’t wait to have their manliness stroked by another man.
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