On Friday, September 22nd, the New York Times published an article titled Is C.T.E. a Defense for Murder...
I personally do not spend my free time watching "swole" men play football, it is too aggressive in my opinion and is not worth the risk of becoming mentally and physically ill. None the less, an article by the New York Times has once more given information to the public about a tragic story regarding a professional football player who was convicted of murder in April of 2017 and while in prison doing his time, he committed suicide. At age 27, Aaron Hernandez was already showing symptoms of the brain disease C.T.E. This young man was not diagnosed with C.T.E. until after his death, meaning that his charge of murder would have been dealt with differently if the court was aware that this disease was severely altering his state of mind at the time. This disease affected Mr. Hernandez so much that it caused him to kill another human being and that is why I think this article is worth reading. So many of these men playing football are falling through the cracks and suffering for the rest of their lives.
