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Tiger1242 
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| Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:17 pm)
Cause unknown so far. Why does this seem to happen 2-3 times every offseason? What are these kids doing to themselves?
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IPlayedGreatTonight
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:19 pm to Tiger1242)
people die brah
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gar90
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:21 pm to Tiger1242)
NFL life expectancy is only 54 years old. It's insane how much abuse those guys take. It's almost not worth it to play in the league.
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:21 pm to Tiger1242)
Damn that sucks. But to answer your question, there are over 8,000 D-1 college football players. It' not crazy to think that 2-3 of those guys will make a mistake, or be at the wrong place at the wrong time that cost them their lives.
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:22 pm to gar90)
Think it has more to do with what they do to their body when they are not on the field than on the field.
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Tiger1242
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:22 pm to IPlayedGreatTonight)
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people die brah
I don't here about 2-3 CBB or baseball players dying every year
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:23 pm to gar90)
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It's almost not worth it to play in the league.
I AGREE!!! frick THE NFL!!!!!!!!! If it dissolved tommorow I would NOT miss it. FACT,.
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DrVinnyBoombatz 
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:24 pm to Tiger1242)
A lot of the bigger but pure muscle guys like Lb's usually have a strained heart from it working so hard and much. Add in other supplements or drugs and you have a walking time bomb. Not saying steroids or cocaine caused his death or others, but it doesn't even take something as powerful as those to cause a problem sometimes.
This post was edited on 4/6 at 2:26 pm
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LSUCanFAN
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:24 pm to dukke v)
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frick THE NFL!!!!!!!!! If it dissolved tommorow I would NOT miss it. FACT,.
Peeejer I hate what the NFL is doing to the Saints as well but jeeez 
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Lsuhoohoo
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:27 pm to Tiger1242)
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What are these kids doing to themselves?
shite happens. Tyrone Duplessis of La Tech was found dead in his apartment a few months back. Was nothing he did, he had a heart defect which caused a massive heart attack.
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Tiger1242
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:31 pm to Lsuhoohoo)
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Tyrone Duplessis of La Tech was found dead in his apartment a few months back.
I don't know if it's their fault but this is my point. It seems like college football players dying randomly is almost not surprising anymore, there has to be some reason. Over straining their heart makes sense I guess
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IPlayedGreatTonight
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:32 pm to Tiger1242)
no one gives a shite about college baseball but SEC fans and some of the biggest tragedies in the history of sports have been the deaths of college basketball players. (Bias, Gathers, Dennehy)
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DrVinnyBoombatz
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:36 pm to Tiger1242)
Well, you rarely hear about Rbs, Wr, or Qbs dying in the offseason. Its usually a bigger guy like a lineman or Lb. Usually these guys have 230+ pounds on them and they are solid muscle meaning they train all time, plus Lbs tend to run a lot more as well. Its like a heart in a big dog, the heart just isn't big enough in those dogs and they die early. Same with humans, their heart isn't big enough for their body and it gives out. Sometimes there is a preexisting condition, but that usually happens during a workout, i.e. a heart attack. The Arkansas TE had a preexisting condition.
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Tiger1242
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:40 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz)
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no one gives a shite about college baseball but SEC fans and some of the biggest tragedies in the history of sports have been the deaths of college basketball players. (Bias, Gathers, Dennehy)
EXACTLY my point. Guys like Wally Pontiff dying are HUGE tragedies, these football players are dying every year, hell every 6 months
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DrSteveBrule 
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 3:11 pm to Tiger1242)
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I AGREE!!! frick THE NFL!!!!!!!!! If it dissolved tommorow I would NOT miss it. FACT,.
This fricking guy.
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 3:15 pm to Tiger1242)
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Over straining their heart makes sense I guess
Lots of athletes have oversized hearts. I think excelling in pro sports has come to a point it's become dangerous just getting there, particularly with the "supplements" that changed the game.
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wildtigercat93
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 3:40 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
These end up one of two ways. Either he had an enlarged heart or he was on prescription pills
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GM19 
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 3:50 pm to gar90)
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NFL life expectancy is only 54 years old
Link? that's very hard to believe
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JG77056
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 4:24 pm to GM19)
Football players are generally large men. Larger people have a shorter life expectancy than small people and often have more underlying problems like an enlarged heart than smaller people.
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| re: Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt (Posted on 4/6/12 at 4:53 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
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Lots of athletes have oversized hearts. I think excelling in pro sports has come to a point it's become dangerous just getting there, particularly with the "supplements" that changed the game.
The extremely scary part of this is that A LOT of normal people have enlarged hearts and don't realize it most of their lifes until they have a sudden cardiac episode that may or may not kill them. It happens all the time with seemingly healthy people with no warning signs.
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