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Minnesota LB Gary Tinsley found dead in apt
Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:17 pm
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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Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:19 pm to Tiger1242
people die brah
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.
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.
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.
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
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,.
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 4/6/12 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 4/6/12 at 2:24 pm to dukke v
quote:Peeejer I hate what the NFL is doing to the Saints as well but jeeez
frick THE NFL!!!!!!!!! If it dissolved tommorow I would NOT miss it. FACT,.
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.
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
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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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