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- Jaguars linebacker Russell Allen said he is retiring after suffering on-field stroke -
"If you were armed with the knowledge that an NFL player suffered a stroke on the field because of a hit, you'd figure it would be apparent what happened when you saw the replay. MMQB.com reported that Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Russell Allen suffered a stroke on the field and is retiring as a result, and the frightening part is the hit in question looks like any other NFL play.
If a hit caused a dead spot on an NFL player's brain, as it did with Allen, it should be clear, right? The kind of hit that looked like it resulted in a bad concussion but turned out to be much worse." ...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...172422209.html
I'm glad for him and his family it wasn't worse and that he made the choice he felt best for them. I hope other athletes take his message seriously, to help protect themselves from a similar fate.
"If you were armed with the knowledge that an NFL player suffered a stroke on the field because of a hit, you'd figure it would be apparent what happened when you saw the replay. MMQB.com reported that Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Russell Allen suffered a stroke on the field and is retiring as a result, and the frightening part is the hit in question looks like any other NFL play.
If a hit caused a dead spot on an NFL player's brain, as it did with Allen, it should be clear, right? The kind of hit that looked like it resulted in a bad concussion but turned out to be much worse." ...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...172422209.html
I'm glad for him and his family it wasn't worse and that he made the choice he felt best for them. I hope other athletes take his message seriously, to help protect themselves from a similar fate.
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