Thinking about Ray Rice & NFL's Dom. Violence Issue, Could Concussions Factor In?

[MushroomX]

I understand if I get negged and one star but I have this thing in my head.

We all know the story with Ray Rice, but I am wondering if the NFL has a serious issue coming up. Concussion and Symptoms are easily recognized now, but what about the Long Term effects where they are not in a Vegetative state? Could a strong portion of the Domestic Violence issue is due to the fact that these players are already brain damaged, but it's just not as prevalent until later in life?

Brain damage has been proven to cause personality changes in people, where people go from Quiet to Aggressive?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

Phineas P. Gage (1823 – May 21, 1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of a rock-blasting accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining twelve years of his life—effects so profound that (for a time at least) friends saw him as "no longer Gage."

Now you look at football, you do HS, College and the Pros. The speed of the collisions increasing, so surely somewhere along the line your brain is getting bounced around repeatedly. For all we know Ray Rice could have some form of brain damage where he is more impulsive, and has less control of his emotions and while that DOESN'T excuse his actions I am just wondering what my Coli breh's think.

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

oooooor he's just a scumbag nikka

that bullying thing on tv dont sit right with me

 

[yseJ]

breh.... dont give the NFL anymore ideas

 

[Rev]

Let's see how Ray Rice's wife is doing in a couple years.