Aaron Hernandez -- Guilty of 1st degree murder

Update: great, now I got that damn stanza in my mind.

 

Would the heathers-jack bring back some of the departed old timers?

 

I read after he died that if the murder conviction stood, Lloyd's family would automatically have won a civil liability lawsuit against Hernandez (or his estate). With the conviction vacated, they will now have to go through a civil trial to get anything from his estate.

 

If you think moms aren't going to let their kids play football because they worry about them becoming incapacitated in their 60s, I imagine the fear of their kid becoming a convicted murderer in their 20s could raise the stakes to point where the sport is banned in certain locales.
Aaron Hernandez's CTE was unusually severe, doctor says - CNN

Three years in the pros, three in college, four in high school. I don't think you can take comfort in your kid not being a college or NFL prospect anymore.

 

This is one person and we don't really know that the CTE caused him to commit murder. It could be something was wrong that caused both the behavior and the particularly bad case of CTE.

I don't think either of us understands the science involved well enough to say. I doubt even the doctors can say with any certainty.

 

I completely agree. People have played 20 years and are fine. Hernandez was diagnosed with one concussion during his NFL career. Omalu's initial CTE finding came out in 2007 when Hernandez was a freshman at Florida.

 

Substance Abuse and Criminal Activities Following Traumatic ... : The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

The injury is exacerbated by post-injury drug abuse, not causative.

 

To be clear, I'm not saying his CTE (one of the most advanced cases found on someone so young) takes him off the hook for killing people. I'm saying parents can now realize it can impact someone's life before they are 30. Taking drugs shows bad judgement, killing people shows bad judgement, and I imagine some could argue playing a sport known to cause brain injury in the first place shows bad judgement. I sense we are now somewhere in the tobacco territory now. Many people play football and are fine, but others suffer health effects directly related to playing the game.

 

Hernandez was a gang banger in high school. Did CTE accelerate his criminal behavior, making him go from basic thug to multiple murderer? Beats me. Science is a long, long, long way from even establishing a connection.

 

Funny, I remember being told on here he had no. character issues. Forget who that was.