Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by lazyasciiart on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:17PM
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Severe head injuries are not required for concussions.
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by travmatt on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:22PM
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I've heard of people getting small concussions from riding jet skis across choppy water
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by MrMember on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:29PM
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You don't need to suffer a major concussion to get CTE. Linemen for example still suffer from it and it's believed that the tens of thousands of "micro-concussive" events (ball snaps, rush forward, hit defensive lineman) they accrue in a lifetime of playing football add up to be just as bad or worse than suffering multiple major concussions. Tight ends like Hernandez are often used in blocking situations so he could have suffered something similar.
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by simcop2387 on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:18PM
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for 4, you'll have to include all injuries sustained during practice too. I don't know the medical stuff about it, but I don't believe CTE requires injuries severe enough that it puts him out of commission, just constantly repeated ones. Even if they'd be below the threshold where you'd normally report on them, i.e. getting hit repeated and being dazed from it over and over.
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by eightysixfour on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:13PM
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3) I was under the impression that if he passed while still pending appeal, he technically became "innocent." Meaning that the money owed to him by the Patriots would go to his family. I've heard the theory, never heard it verified though.
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by kw71 on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:49PM
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Yes I heard this is state law there and the prosecution was forced to drop the case(s) that had not been finally settled.
I understand the reasons for this rule but in this case it's infuriating
Re:Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E
by wavefunction on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:21PM
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His daughter shouldn't get anything either.
His gf can get a job and raise the kid like any other single parent.
2. His girlfriend should not get a single dime. She was complicit in dumping evidence for Hernandez. I don't know how it would work but their daughter should be the only one who gets to touch any money from this case.
3. Someone tell me otherwise but I thought initially the reason Hernandez killed himself was because he thought that his death would payout some money to his girlfriend and his daughter.
4. Going back I don't see any severe head injuries that could have led to concussions. Not saying CTE is impossible but I wonder if the NFL could argue that...