Aaron Hernandez Suicide

techmom99
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 02:30:38 +0000

He’s about the same age as my oldest son. As a parent, I feel sad for the loss of a life but as a taxpayer…

I am not surprised about the finding of CTE in his brain but I am a little shocked at how advanced it appeared to be in someone so young. I now wonder if it had any causative effect in his becoming an actual killer. I know he grew up in a gang environment but he had made it out and could have had a really good life, for himself and his hangers on, if he hadn’t started murdering people.

That may be the seminal issue in the wrongful death brought on behalf of his D. If he didn’t kill because of CTE and he didn’t die from CTE (and by that I mean whether the CTE led him to commit suicide as is believed to be the case with other football players) - if the CTE was an incidental finding - then the lawsuit may not be viable, although I am certain that the NFL will toss millions their way for a non-disclosure confidentiality agreement.

Over 40 years ago, I wrote my English Regents’ exam essay on how terrible and dangerous football is and how it should be banned and I had never even heard of CTE! None of my sons was allowed to play football.