Junior Seau’s Suicide Underscores Importance of Focusing on Player Safety

May 19, 2012   ·   Sean Hojnacki   ·   Jump to comments


The tragic death of Junior Seau this week reminds us that the titans of the NFL gridiron are human, all too human.
Seau was a vibrant human being who loved playing football. By all accounts, he was a loving and kind individual. He won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 1994, which is given to the player who best combines humanitarian excellence with on-the-field excellence.
While it is still too early to speculate on the factors which led Seau to take his own life, it is undeniable that many former NFL players struggle without the thrill of playing football. And many former players also struggle with the agonizing physical traumas inflicted by the game.
Seau's family has decided to donate his brain to research so they can study the effects of the head trauma he sustained during his 20-year career in the NFL.
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