This article via the NFP saddened me when I found out. Here's hoping that T. Dorsett continues his fight against CTE with dignity and determination. Get well soon Tony.

 

<p style="margin-left:40px;">"...Dorsett, 60, said he has problems with his emotions and outbursts.


<p style="margin-left:40px;">'It's very frustrating at times for me,' Dorsett said. 'I've got a good team of people around me, my wife and kids, who work with me. When you've been in this town for so long and I have to go to some place I've been going to for many, many, many years, and then all of a sudden I forget how to get there. Those things are frustrating
...'"

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Very sad news.  

 

A case can be made that the 3 best RB's in the NFL in the late 1970's were Walter Payton,  Tony Dorsett,  and Earl Campbell.   Walter Payton suffered greatly before his passing at a very young age.   Tony Dorsett and Earl Campbell are going through very difficult times.   As much as we enjoy watching the NFL,  there's a heavy price for a large % of former players.  While Payton's illness probably wasn't related to him playing football,  he's more of the exception than the norm for those former players that have suffered.

 

Related to this, on a much more positive note,  I heard an interview with Barry Sanders last week.   The best news to come out of the interview is Barry mentioned that he's not dealing with any significant physical or mental difficulties.  

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I'm sorry to hear that Dorsett is dealing with something as pervasive as CTE at this stage in his life.  I feel even worse for his family because the back end of diseases like this are far more challenging for them than they are for the patient.

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Sad news......

 

If you've not seen it yet, there is a remarkable documentary on the damages to NFL players braings, specifically CTE even if they've not every had a "diagnosed" concusion. The movie is called "League of Denial". I actually watched it and then watched it again with my friend because I thought it was so well done.

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Seems like former Vikings back Robert Smith had it right when he walked away after leading the conference in rushing.

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“Motivation alone is not enough.  If you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn

 

The recent passing of former Chargers QB Jesse Freitas at 63 is yet another reminder of the toll of playing football on the major college level and in the NFL can have on former players:

 

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/...e-depress/

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Ugh.  He was my favorite player when I was a kid. Sad to hear this. 

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Seems like former Vikings back Robert Smith had it right when he walked away after leading the conference in rushing.

 

I remember an interview he gave when he retired. And I quote "I guess it's better to walk away without a title than to limp away with one."

 

Seems like he did indeed have it right.

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Ugh.  He was my favorite player when I was a kid. Sad to hear this. 

 

Same here. Just really difficult to hear.

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