ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field
There seems to be a lot of comments about the dangers and how many people will not play nor let their friends and family play football again. I thought I should chime in.<p>I have had 3 major concussions in my lifetime where I blacked-out for some period of time, maybe, not counting the other ones where I did not lose consciousness or notice the hits as badly. I still love those contact sports but have quit them too.<p>I&#x27;ll detail some of the issues that I had with concussions and what it felt like to have them (names and places have been changed to protect the guilty&#x2F;innocent). I only played rugby in college and wrestled in HS, so my experiences with concussions are not football related. However, I think you should read this article first before going on into the wall of text below as that writer is much better than I am:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gq.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;the-concussion-diaries-high-school-football-cte" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gq.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;the-concussion-diaries-high-school-f...</a><p>So, I guess that’s what happened to me too. Zac’s issues with body image, his sleeping problems, the drug addictions and the dependency. These are the reasons that I don’t ever mess with stuff. Because I know that I will end up like Zac, and that’ll just make it all so much worse. It all fits for me. Yeah, the good little scientist in me says that there can be a million and one reasons why that is all crap, genetics, development, those little flies to be batted about in your mind, annoying you. That self-doubt of a mosquito. But yeah, it all fits. Occams razor and all that jazz.