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Jilly_in_VA

(11,545 posts)

8. This is bullshit

Reply to Eugene (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 24, 2021, 12:45 PM

Dec 2021

They're going to say the same thing about my grandson's cousin's daddy when he dies, which is only a matter of time. The whole extended family knows that he almost certainly has CTE. He's a big guy who was a big kid and started playing football at 5 or 6 in pee wee leagues. Played in the NFL. Too many concussions. He drinks to deal with numerous mental health issues, most likely. Autopsy will almost certainly show CTE and they'll say "chronic alcohol use"...maybe to absolve the NFL?

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Former NFL star found dead in hotel room had CTE, family says [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 OP

they maybe cant say cte w certainty til autopsy mopinko Dec 2021 #1

CTE Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #2

lordy, i'm so very sorry. mopinko Dec 2021 #3

Oh, me either Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #5

of all the silos in medicine, the shrinks v neuros is the most damaging, imho. mopinko Dec 2021 #6

They've done the autopsy. localroger Dec 2021 #4

Former NFL player died of 'chronic alcohol use,' autopsy shows Eugene Dec 2021 #7

This is bullshit Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #8