re: Frank Wycheck believes he has CTE and that he could just "snap" at any moment

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I ran a red light...it was CTE!

Forgot to pay the phone bill.... CTE!!

Choked my wife and made her eat dinner out of the dogfood bowl! CTE!!!

Cussed out my kids teacher and burned rubber...CTE!!

Poured OJ in the cereal instead of milk...legit CTE!!

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Strawman.

The only legit, public one I've seen are guys who seem to be legit having issues. Like Wycheck, Turley, and Jim McMahon.

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The only legit, public one I've seen are guys who seem to be legit having issues. Like Wycheck, Turley, and Jim McMahon.

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And the dozens of other dead players who have been confirmed post mortem, and the untold others who committed suicide under similar situations.

Wycheck was a roid head. He was suspended by the league in 94. I always thought this guy was a little off. No telling what "he" has done to his health besides playing in the NFL.

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I'm not saying he doesn't have CTE, but I'm afraid it is becoming too big of a catch-all. How can we distinguish between those symptoms and just regular old depression/anxiety. It also could lead to some self- fulfilling prophesies, like suicide. Dangerous and scary issue

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Right now, there's no definitive way to diagnose CTE before death and autopsy. But there's a belief that repeated blows to the head can increase the risk for a build up of a protein called tau in the brain. That would make it different than depression but unfortunately, they're just now really getting into potential research on diagnosing and treating it while people are still alive.

I do think you'll start to see more definitive evidence of it in a few years. Especially since this isn't just a football thing but also potential effects military personnel and other athletes.

I'm most interested in seeing how this one turns out....

ETA: Also, the buildup of tau is a potential marker for Alzheimer's as well. If you know anyone who has suffered from dementia, they can exhibit similar symptoms like depression, confusion, memory loss, etc.

How my professor described CTE is that tau protein is very "sticky" but kept at safe distances from each other. When someone gets a blow to the head, the tau proteins have an opportunity to get closer to one another and the potential that they stick together increases with each repeated blow. Eventually, this tau protein is accumulated and the brain can no longer function like a healthy brain. The aggregations are pretty diffuse and spread throughout.

Setting up so he can murder someone and claim the NFL caused him to do it.

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Oh bullshite, It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that football can frick your body up. The early symptoms alone are a huge warning sign.

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Yea everyone, these guys totally knew they'd be shooting themselves in the chest to commit suicide but preserve their brains when they were older!!!

I never noticed him turning down the paychecks.

I get so tired of these athletes getting paid millions and crying and complaining later. High risk high reward job and you took it. I hurt every morning I get up from sports and riding horses growing up among other things. I would do it again if I had the chance so quit crying.

Live in Nashville too and always wondered why the hell he did radio because he sounded so fricking slow. Now I feel kind of bad