Deadspin Concussion article w/ D. Bell

by **NickSMU17** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:43 pm

http://deadspin.com/#!5769622/another-c ... -get-worse

"By our count, Threet is the fourth player from a high-profile Division I football program to decide to leave the game in the past year alone. Last April, Southern Methodist cornerback Derrius Bell announced he was done; he was coping with a sleeping condition that doctors thought was related to his multiple concussions. "It's like I'm sleeping... but I can't snap out of it," Bell told the Dallas Observer at the time. "I can hear me telling myself it's time to wake up. I'm fighting to wake up, but I can't. Then all of the sudden I just pop awake and I'm not sure what happened." And last November, both Texas running back Tre' Newton and BYU safety Steven Thomas turned in their jerseys, as well.

The departure hasn't affected the players' scholarship status: Bell, Newton, and Thomas stayed on as player-assistant coaches and the schools pledged to honor their scholarships, and Threet is on pace to graduate in May. There's precedent, then, for upholding a commitment to student-athletes who suffer head injuries on the field and retire early because of it. But that may not be an option for every football program in the country."

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by **Ikus** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:52 pm

They're writing a story based on quotes in the Dallas Observer? Did they learn at the Daily Campus?

by **One Trick Pony** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:55 pm

Watched a TEAR jerker on ESPNU Saturday about the kid that played for La Salle University. Got smacked in the head, they let him play and now he's a mess.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4700355