| Ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez suffered Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the most severe case ever discovered in someone his age, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The disease, which is caused by repeated brain injury, would have affected his decision-making, judgment, and cognition. |
so horrible -- explains so much about his spiral downward and the actions he took
football needs to figure out how to prevent CTE or this sport is going away
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He just progressed from petty criminal to full blown murderer.
Just things to simply consider vs he was simply a bad person ....
"That's when it all started," he said of playing Pop Warner. "I was 5, 6 years old, that's when it all started. I started in flag [football] on the Pop Warner field and then went from there on up."
Just things to simply consider vs he was simply a bad person ....
All these may be true. But at some point people need to be accountable for their actions.
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he did not do some serious damage as a kid in pee-wee ... some of those coaches are horrible ... not to mention it seems he had some personality issues possibly or undiagnosed mental and/or emotional issues
Just things to simply consider vs he was simply a bad person ....
All these may be true. But at some point people need to be accountable for their actions.
He went from petty criminal to a double murderer; so yes this does partially exonerate him.
This is the case with any violent hit, including car accidents, etc. It is inevitable.
If he was a saint his whole life who suddenly turned for the worse, I’d feel bad. But no sympathy for him
This is the case with any violent hit, including car accidents, etc. It is inevitable.
My thoughts as well
And also influenced by a pre-existing mental disorder as well, or not at all. Too many variables to really say what did or did not cause his behavior but by no means is any of it an "excuse".
I don't think anyone is trying to make Hernandez out to be a choir boy - but there is a question as to someone already teetering in that direction could have gone full tilt nuts thanks to the CTE.
The issue - it wouldn't be the first time.
I read an article about that also. The article said that he was really close with his Dad but, it also seem to imply his Dad was the only one who could keep him in line.Once his Dad was gone ...
I don't think anyone is saying that, but it could be one of many factors.
And it didn't just happen in the NFL. Forget the NFL. There are others who played the years he did minus the NFL that have CTE.
How can you let your kids play especially starting in Pop Warner? The hits just pile up sooner and cause damage.
Anyway, Hernandez' dad was a fantastic guy. Very nice. He was also a star three-sport athlete in high school. He looked like he was a man and a studly man, even when he was in middle school. He had a twin brother, also a star athlete but not quite as good, who had a baby face. Very odd. I definitely can see how his loss would have had a profound impact on Aaron.
However, as with CTE in general. it's not like every one who loses a part when they are young or who gets CTE goes out an kills someone. Life is complex.
He had CTE. He had no limits or conscience.
He did not have CTE so bad that he could not exist within the patriots and be conscious of structure, rules of where to park, timing of when the bus leaves, rules at hotels and plays and game plans. He could do that even under the pressure of big games and the irritations of getting through a tough week after a bitter loss. He could buy a house or cars and get them registered by himself or by an aide. He could get in and out of resturants and buy clothes.
He remembered to be respectful with Brady, Belichek and the Kraft family and behaved acceptably enough to be on a team. He was conscious enough of expectations to seem ordinary to the media. He knew to hide somethings from the team, the media, the law. So we was conscious of norms.
If he had total judgement impairing CTE then he would choke a ref and kick the other teams water boys.
So he was quite functional. He made the choices he needed to and the choices he wanted to. Both.
He was functional enough to pay hangers on and parts of his family and his main woman and side women. He functioned well enough to keep a circus going. He functioned well enough to try to hide stuff after the crime and to intimidate if not eliminate those he suspected would cause trouble and keep alive those he thought would help.
He murdered in the woods at night...not a shopping mall in broad daylight.
Whole lot of calculating going on.
To me, he was a repeat criminal. And he had CTE.
Those conflating the two have an agenda which they think allows them to sell the conflation. Or there is an impending law suit against the NFL on the part of the many hangers on left after the gravy train ended.
to me, the Aaron Hernandez story is filled with a whole lot of self enlightened calculation and self will run riot.
If the CTE dominated his judgement it sure did not get in the way of most moments functioning in society and in conformance with the microcosm of a team/game.
I don't think there is selective CTE. It did not affect my ability to collect a paycheck and spend it...but it did one night at 2am?
He had CTE. He had no limits or conscience.
He did not have CTE so bad that he could not exist within the patriots and be conscious of structure, rules of where to park, timing of when the bus leaves, rules at hotels and plays and game plans. He could do that even under the pressure of big games and the irritations of getting through a tough week after a bitter loss. He could buy a house or cars and get them registered by himself or by an aide. He could get in and out of resturants and buy clothes.
He remembered to be respectful with Brady, Belichek and the Kraft family and behaved acceptably enough to be on a team. He was conscious enough of expectations to seem ordinary to the media. He knew to hide somethings from the team, the media, the law. So we was conscious of norms.
If he had total judgement impairing CTE then he would choke a ref and kick the other teams water boys.
So he was quite functional. He made the choices he needed to and the choices he wanted to. Both.
He was functional enough to pay hangers on and parts of his family and his main woman and side women. He functioned well enough to keep a circus going. He functioned well enough to try to hide stuff after the crime and to intimidate if not eliminate those he suspected would cause trouble and keep alive those he thought would help.
He murdered in the woods at night...not a shopping mall in broad daylight.
Whole lot of calculating going on.
To me, he was a repeat criminal. And he had CTE.
Those conflating the two have an agenda which they think allows them to sell the conflation. Or there is an impending law suit against the NFL on the part of the many hangers on left after the gravy train ended.
to me, the Aaron Hernandez story is filled with a whole lot of self enlightened calculation and self will run riot.
If the CTE dominated his judgement it sure did not get in the way of most moments functioning in society and in conformance with the microcosm of a team/game.
I don't think there is selective CTE. It did not affect my ability to collect a paycheck and spend it...but it did one night at 2am?
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