Dr Bennet Omalu turned down the Washington job offer. He remains in Lodi, California, with Prema and their two children. In 2011 retired NFL players began suing the League for concealing the dangers of concussions. Over 5,000 ultimately brought suit. The NFL settled on the condition that it would not have to disclose what it knew, and when, about the effects of concussions on football players. Actuaries hired by the NFL have concluded that 28% of all professional players will suffer from serious cognitive impairment, including CTE. ibid. captions
‘Another 100 yard day for Joe Delaney!’ Delaney ***** commentary, ESPN 2015
He says, I wanna play football. ibid. coach
9.4 hundred yard dash. ibid.
He said, I live for y’all. ibid. family
The happiest guy I’ve ever been around. ibid. player
Started in the Pro-Bowl as a rookie. ibid.
June 29th 1983: ‘A kids’ day event … there was a pond that had been dug out … raced into the pond … Joe couldn’t swim … ‘I’m going in to save the kids!’ ibid. rescuer
He was 24 years old. ibid.
‘As a kid growing up in the ghetto one of the things I wanted most wasn’t money, it was fame.’ O J Simpson: Made in America I ***** OJ, ESPN 2016
‘He had incredible stamina.’ ibid. commentator
‘64 yards. 64 thrilling, captivating, collegiate football yards.’ ibid. game commentary
‘He is seduced by white society.’ ibid. commentator
‘His response was: I’m not black; I’m OJ.’ ibid.
‘I thought he was fucked.’ ibid.
‘He stole his best friend’s girl.’ ibid.
‘O J hated Buffalo. He hated the weather.’ ibid.
2,003 yards. ibid.
‘He really was that great.’ ibid.
‘When I walk down the street I want people to know me.’ ibid. OJ
‘For us O J was colourless.’ ibid. commentator
‘If I stand on a platform, I’m going to be speaking for OJ.’ ibid. televised interview
‘He doesn’t know who he is any longer.’ ibid. friend
Let’s not get bogged down in details. Let’s just enjoy ourselves. Rab C Nesbitt: Country s2e1, Jamesie and the boys watching American football, BBC 1992
Let’s see here: starting right guard shot no longer in school; starting linebacker shot no longer in school; two players fighting right in front of the coach when he’s trying to make things work out; starting centre arrested for shooting somebody in the face with a BB gun … Undefeated, coach’s opening address, 2011
Manassas High School, North Memphis, Tennessee: ‘I don’t remember winning.’ ibid. school principle
They end up winning in life and they end up winning in football. ibid.
Bill Courtney began volunteering at Manassas 6 years ago. ibid. caption
O C Brown: that’s a big dude running that fast. ibid. fan
There’s no money. ibid. coach
At what point do you quit trying? ibid.
They are resilient and never give up. ibid. match report
My family gives up a ton for this. ibid. coach
‘It’s a lot for a sixteen-seventeen-year-old kid [Brandon Jones] to take all that in.’ Five Star, dude, 2017
‘The closer he gets to [college] signing day, I can’t even imagine how much pressure that really it.’ ibid.
‘Brandon Jones: the number one safety recruit of the nation. ibid.
It’s the dirty secret of pro sports: the police investigations, drug rings, tragic death. It’s the problem team doctors don’t want to face … the untold story of prescription drug addiction and pro sports. The Fifth Estate: The Pain Game: Drugs, Doctors and Pro Sports, CBC News 2015
Pro football is a collision sport with injuries, pain-killers and pressures on team doctors to match. ibid.
The recent raids of three NFL teams by agents of the US drug enforcement administration were part of a DEA investigation into the abuse of prescription medication in pro football. ibid.
Sports Illustrated reporting yesterday that Patriots’ Tight End Aaron Hernandez has been questioned in connection with what is now a homicide investigation. Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez I, news, Netflix 2020
I’m perfect with structure, you know. ibid. Aaron on arriving at Bristol County nick
He was the biggest baddest thing in Connecticut. He won state player of the year. ibid. Observer
Odin Lloyd Laid To Rest: The semi-pro football player was found shot to death in an execution-style murder. ibid. television news
I was a small piece of Aaron’s sexual activity. ibid. early male friend
This double-murder that Hernandez is now indicted for happened in July of 2012. About a month later he signs a five-year forty-million-dollar contract with the Patriots. ibid. television news
If this stuff is true, then I’ve been duped and our whole organisation has been duped. Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez II, Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft
2006: Aaron visits the University of Florida. ibid.
Odin Lloyd: This was an incredibly sloppy crime: there’s now a grisly murder in a field right next to Aaron Hernandez’ home. ibid. observer
That’s when the dualities started to surface. ibid. re Hernandez’ lifestyle
He was hanging out with a very dangerous, very violent, guy [Alexander Bradley]. ibid.
My body’s so fucked up just from Football. ibid. Aaron
I feel the same in here as I did on the streets. Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez III, Aaron
I loved the Harry Potter books. ibid.
The jury was out for a week … Guilty of murder in the first degree. ibid. observer
Why would a guy who gets so enraged at a drink being spilled on him that he would go out and shoot up a car? ibid. observer
19 April 2017: Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez found dead in his prison cell overnight; apparently he killed himself. ibid. television news
He had very advanced [brain] disease … especially in the frontal lobes … The first case we’ve ever seen with that kind of damage in such a young individual. ibid. Dr Ann McKee, neuropathologist
Manti Te’O had an astounding senior year, without question. Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist, Netflix 2022
His mother and girlfriend had died the same night … One problem. His girlfriend didn’t exist. ibid.
What started as an inspirational story deteriorated into a cruel twisted hoax. ibid. TV news
At the time of filming, subjects were not aware that Ronaiah identifies as a transgender woman. ibid.
The number one outside linebacker [prospect] in the nation. ibid. TV news
In 2009 no-one knew anything about catfishing. ibid. Manti
Everybody was telling me, You are the man. ibid.
That’s when everything went chaotic. ibid.
This tip is different … She physically did not exist outside of being Manti Te’O’s dead girlfriend. Which was the whole story to me. Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist II, reporter Tim Burke
Johnny ‘Football’ Manziel: His family fears he his spiralling out of control. Untold: Johnny Football, TV news, Netflix 2023
Texas Freshman year 2012: Texas A&M’s potential stunning quarterback was arrested early this morning. ibid. TV news
It was lightning in a bottle. That’s my guy. ibid. fan
It was pure chaos 24/7 if you stepped out of the house. ibid. Johnny
I saw a different side of him. There was nothing stopping him doing what he wanted to do. ibid. family
I went from one fishbowl town to another. And I wanted nothing to do with football. ibid. Johnny