Junior Seau Confirmed Dead

[NYCskinfan82]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I fear that in that too distant future, there will be a movement to ban the sport all together.

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

Again, I'm not saying it will be successful -- but NFL fans should brace for the inevitable.

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

Yeah i agree theres too much money involved. However if a few non-BCS states banned highschool / little leauge football that could create a big issue for the NFL.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Yeah i agree theres too much money involved. However if a few non-BCS states banned highschool / little leauge football that could create a big issue for the NFL.

IMO what will see is raised awareness of parents. Parents will wait until at least High School to let their kids play full contact football. I don't think an elementary school child should be exposed to repeated blows to the head that full contact football creates.

[TheSmurfs22]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

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Agreed. There is waaaaaay too much money invested in this sport and I can't imagine it will change.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Will never happen I know you should never say never but theres to much $$$$$ in this game/business.

Sure there will be a movement.

There's big money in the energy industries and there are still insane radical activists protesting to ban every type of energy that's not from the clouds or sun...and energy is much more of a necessity in life than sports.

Some groups want to ban meat. Others, religion.


There will definitely be a liberal movement to ban sports someday, if there's not a quiet one going on already, but we'll crush them. It will never be allowed to happen. Even Congress would not allow it. They think sports are so important that they're spending our tax money right now in an unnecessary trial to see if a pitcher lied about cheating in baseball. They understand the social and economic importance of sports, that's why they're always meddling in it to do what they THINK is good for the sports.

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I read that he is now the 8th member of the Chargers SB Team in 94 to have died.. Weird

Death Is Stalking The 1994 Chargers

Death Is Stalking The 1994 Chargers

It is the plot of the least likely Final Destination sequel ever: members of the 1994 AFC Champion Chargers have been dying premature deaths. Even more premature than the average CTE-doomed football player: with Lew Bush's death last week, seven players from that Super Bowl team have passed away before the age of 45.
• Five months after that Super Bowl, LB David Griggs drove his car off a freeway ramp and slammed into a sign pole. Subsequent tests would show that his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit.
• In 1996, RB Rodney Culver and his wife were aboard ValuJet FLight 592 from Miami to Atlanta when it crashed into the Everglades, killing all on board.
• In 1998, LB Doug Miller was struck by lightning while camping in Colorado. CPR was being performed on Miller when he was struck again by a second bolt.
• In 2008, C Curtis Whitley was found dead in his trailer in Texas. Whitley had a history of substance abuse and had twice been suspended by the NFL, and toxicology results pointed to an accidental overdose.
• Also in 2008, DE Chris Mims was discovered facedown on the bathroom floor of his Los Angeles apartment. An autopsy revealed an enlarged heart, and Mims weighed 456 pounds at his death.
• Earlier this year, DT Shawn Lee died from cardiac arrest brought on by years of complications with diabetes.
• On Thursday, Bush suffered a heart attack at his home in San Diego. Since retiring in 2002, friends say he had struggled with his weight.
A combination of freak accidents and typical post-football life demises. This is a statistical anomaly, not the spectral fingers of death personified plucking Bobby Ross's squad from this mortal plane. Still: football is a really, really dangerous game.
Update (May 2, 2012): Junior Seau is dead, an apparent suicide.