Well, the word finally got back today.
Jovan Belcher had CTE when he murder-suicided in Kansas City.
Outside the Lines reported today that Dr. Piotr Kozlowski had found signs consistent with CTE in Jovan Belcher's brain when he studied at the behest of various legal professionals associated with Belcher's family.
Another sacrifice, and more evidence (even though another doctor comes out in the report and denies such a link!) of a correlation between diseases like CTE and otherwise-unspeakable and unexplainable violence...
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And then another story which might well be this coach's end -- if the historic three-loss September at Michigan doesn't get Brady Hoke fired first.
Deadspin has the video of a cheap shot taken on Michigan quarterback Shane Morris (so bad that the ESPN announcers said the NCAA's targeting rule should've applied and the Minnesota defensive player who committed the hit should've been ejected from the contest), and the subsequent obvious concussion that Morris suffered as a result.
Of course, this was all oblivious to Hoke and the team of trainers who let Morris back in to play the game, with not only the concussion, but a leg injury which compromised his mobility to begin with.
Yeah, "fire this asshole", to be sure. He's probably gone this week anyway.
On top of it, this is another case of a formerly big-time program now basically beyond all semblance of repair. As long as there is football in places like Michigan, this is going to continue.
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