Originally Posted by
thellama
CTE effects everyone from high school level players to college players, look up Michael Keck who had been playing tackle football from the age of 6. These younger players might actually be more at risk than the old school players because they started at such a young age when the brain was at it's most vulnerable. Kids playing football that young should be criminal now that we know what we know about brain injuries.
I would hope his family would donate his brain to the institute to get it looked at, but probably not. Not saying that it's an excuse, and I actually think his thug buddies and drug abuse led him down this path... but you can't rule it out if you don't look. It could be the reason why someone so talented made decisions that rational, healthy human beings couldn't even fathom.