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Yup, shotgun handgun wound to the chest.  If indeed it is suicide, then it's eerily reminiscent of Dave Duerson back in February 2011.

Crazy.

Somewhere very high up on the list of "best games any opponent ever had against the Buckeyes," you'll find Seau's name. He was basically all anyone could talk about after the epic asskicking the Trojans laid on us in 1989.

All cases are different, but man, this is sure looking like a trend.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/junior-seaus-car-drives-of...

Truely sad, rest in peace Junior! Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Tenn- heard someone say he did this so they would study his brain or something.  

Loved this dude when I was at Camp Pendleton.  Passion.  

Talk radio was saying they think he was in some financial trouble from his divorce. Tey also mentioned over 78% of NFL players go through divorce or end up in serious financial trouble. Terrible news. Loved wtching him play as a kid. I remember the cereal commercial he did. "I love to CRUNCH"

The thing I find odd (if it was financial). All these NFL players say he would do anything for them and vice versa. His buddies coulda helped him out if it was financial. Also on the note of 78% of players go threw this, I wonder if that number would be lowered if they had to complete 4 yrs of school? Just a thought and dont wanna come off as a dick RIP Junior.

so tired of hearing  about these people  who had it made only  to  commit  suicde.

wtf  men and women who come back from the  war  with no arms and legs and  they find  a will to live,kids with cancer that  choose  to live, some football player takes easy way out  and  we  condone it

whats the  world  coming to

Depression/mental illness cares little how much money you make, how many cars you drive or how many kids you have.  Depression is a thief.  It steals your joy, your passion and eventually your soul.  The abyss that one is plunged into is unfathomable and as hard as it may seem to others, death is the preferable option to waking up everyday with the overwhelming despair.  I often hear people say how someone who takes their own life is selfish.  Many people feel that by dying they are doing their friends and families a favor by not longer being a burden to them. Of course that is not true, but to a person who sees no hope it makes sense.

There is a stigma that surrounds mental illness that often prevents people from seeking treatment. Too many young athletes are dying by their own hand. I would presume that some of them felt that they would be perceived as "weak" when in reality they would be as strong and brave for doing so as they are on the field of play.  We need those who have gotten help to speak out publicly as some already have.

This is going to come out as another case of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Its a horrible condition that more and more NFL players are being diagnosed with. Since about 2007, we have been rethinking the way we look at head trauma in the NFL (and now the NHL in light of its multiple players death by suicide). Conventional wisdom had people thinking the big, magnificent hits the NFL is known for were causing the brain injury. People have since come around to the thinking that the multiple, sub concussive hits are the ones causing the problem. The Chicago Tribune did a study on your typical high school football player and said player makes an average of 3000 hits with his head throughout the course of a season, practice and games included. Imagine that is the case with Seau. He played 19 years in the NFL, 4 years in college, and lets say 8 years prior? If those numbers hold, that means Seau made contact with his head with varying degrees of force approximately 93,000 times. The effect those hits have on the human brain can not be understated. Football is a dangerous game, everyone who plays it knows it. But the risk these guys take really gets magnified when these guys are in the 40's and 50's and their brain literally betrays them. Seau's thoughts of suicide, and eventual action, will be determined to be the result of a brain that was systematically damaged over the course of 3 decades of football.

More so-to the person who is "tired"of hearing about people commit suicide, I hope it never affects your life the way it has affected other people. It is very easy for you to grow tired of something you know nothing about. In the case of Seau, you'll see-His brain is severely damaged. You don't think clear with a broken brain. I hope you eat your words.

Of course, maybe you'll still be tired of it by then.

Autopsy has revealed a CTE indicator. As sad and calloused as normal depression is, Seau's is equally tragic because the game he devoted his life to ultimately turned on him.

CTE is an epidemic. And worse-its one people don't want to go away because no one wants to see football change. These guys give up a lifetime for a decade in the sun.

Thank you Pam! Well said.

Also, @the dude above, who has "condoned" anything?

Dead,

Please do the slightest bit of research before you treat us to one of your misguided opinions. Depression as a whole is a medical condition while CTE-Which Seau has, is all the rage in the medical field right now. The man had no choice. His brain had stopped normal functionality. 90000 times. Thats how many times I estimate Junior smacked his head against something. After a while the brain breaks down. Picture the liver of a heavy drinker. Its the same idea.

You are out of line, incorrect, and making poor assumptions. I speak from very close personal experience about the effects of depression and as football fans, you are blind if you don't see the damage CTE does to a player's life. Mike Webster, Dave Duerson, Chris Henry, Junior Seau. More to come-trust me on that.

As for the 'if the family cared'....that's a nice comfy stance to take. Lose someone close to you to suicide and give me your opinion. Until then, you need to shut your mouth when grown folks is talkin.