It was learned yesterday that former Chicago Bears Dave Duerson was found dead in his home.
Upon hearing some more details Duerson’s death is just disturbing.
Duerson committed suiced with a single shot wound to the chest. That alone is a little head turning as with suicides self inflicted gun shot wounds are to the head. Duerson did this for a reason.
That reason being he believed he was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy which is more commonly known as CTE. We know this becuase shortly before his death he texted his loved ones that he wished his brain be donated to be studied.
We hear about all the time how the health of these former athletes fail from wear and tear of competition later on in life. However, CTE, along with other brain aiglments is quickly becoming the leading cause of death for former athletes.
The National Football League is heading into the right direction restricing blows to the head of offensive players. However, more has to be done and looked at as players now have virtually become human missles and one thing that could get banned is the pulling of offensive lineman on plays due to the sheer amount of force that is created when these mammoth men collide with someone.
In the end, with the human mind being a mystery the NFL will be dealing with CTE for a long time to come.