JMFP Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Very tragic, but explains his erratic behaviour at the end. Fucking crime what the game does to some of these guys. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/sports/football/former-giants-safety-tyler-sash-found-to-have-cte.html?smid=tw-share&referer=&_r=1 ....Cut by the Giants in 2013 after what was at least his fifth concussion, Sash had returned to Iowa and increasingly displayed surprising and irregular behavior, family members said this week. He was arrested in his hometown, Oskaloosa, for public intoxication after leading the police on a four-block chase with a motorized scooter, a pursuit that ended with Sash fleeing toward a wooded area. Sash had bouts of confusion, memory loss and minor fits of temper. Although an Iowa sports celebrity, both as a Super Bowl-winning member of the Giants and a popular star athlete at the University of Iowa, Sash was unable to seek meaningful employment because he had difficulty focusing long enough to finish a job. Barnetta Sash, Tyler’s mother, blamed much of her son’s changeable behavior, which she had not observed in the past, on the powerful prescription drugs he was taking for a football-related shoulder injury that needed surgery. Nonetheless, after his death she donated his brain to be tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trauma that has been found in dozens of former N.F.L. players Last week, representatives from Boston University and the Concussion Legacy Foundation notified the Sash family that C.T.E. had been diagnosed in Tyler’s brain and that the disease, which can be confirmed only posthumously, had advanced to a stage rarely seen in someone his age...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman_NYG Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I smell a another suing racket..... But hell....one way the game gets easier with more pass happy plays and a softer hitting format and on the other hand this kind of shit keeps piling up. Sad to hear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 You know... this issue is near and dear to me... I've suffered probably 5 concussions (the most severe was playing football where the symptoms last over 2 weeks... I recall taking 9 advils at once.. to no avail). Whether it's football or the Infantry life, I've had more head injuries than I can remember.... While it never affected my intelligence/performance, I have to wonder how much of those are responsible for my chronic migraines.. which I get 25 times a month on average... migraines so severe that my neurologist admits she'd never in her professional career met someone who has them so bad... It's why I'm all for player safety... you can play the game without trying to decapitate another player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 For it to be as severe as it is....at such a young age (27).....the U of Iowa is going to have to step the fuck up on its health care for its players. I have had heard rumors that the being injury vs being hurt threshold has been moved higher in recent years from sources I trust. This only goes to confirm it. ....37 straight starts...in three years...the way this kid played???? Something stinks in Iowa City. C. Wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Kind of puts the whole "why did Chris Borland retire" thing into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 You know... this issue is near and dear to me... I've suffered probably 5 concussions (the most severe was playing football where the symptoms last over 2 weeks... I recall taking 9 advils at once.. to no avail). Whether it's football or the Infantry life, I've had more head injuries than I can remember.... While it never affected my intelligence/performance, I have to wonder how much of those are responsible for my chronic migraines.. which I get 25 times a month on average... migraines so severe that my neurologist admits she'd never in her professional career met someone who has them so bad... It's why I'm all for player safety... you can play the game without trying to decapitate another player... whoa, Nas, that's brutal. I'm good for one or two vomit-inducing migraines a month.... but 25 a month? I don't know how you deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 whoa, Nas, that's brutal. I'm good for one or two vomit-inducing migraines a month.... but 25 a month? I don't know how you deal. Nas isn't exercising and warming up his brain properly before he does a really involved task. Brain Plasticity is the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 whoa, Nas, that's brutal. I'm good for one or two vomit-inducing migraines a month.... but 25 a month? I don't know how you deal. I have no choice... today is the 8 consecutive day with a severe migraine... I'm here at work as usual because sitting on the couch at home doesn't make it go away... it's fucking brutal... lol Seph :big F-U: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFP Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 I have no choice... today is the 8 consecutive day with a severe migraine... I'm here at work as usual because sitting on the couch at home doesn't make it go away... it's fucking brutal... lol Seph :big F-U: You should see about medicinal marijuana. It might help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 ^^^ that's no joke, IMO. Doesn't do much for the pain in itself, but at least you can forget you're in pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Giant Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Nas is a toker from way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 You should see about medicinal marijuana. It might help you. I had started smoking a few years back... didn't continue on as it wasn't really helping... I havn't smoked in years. CD is spot on.. did nothing for the pain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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