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Jamal Lewis, at 32, suffering memory loss
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08:07 AM ET 05.28 | Over the same weekend Bart Scott said wouldn't want his son playing football, Jamal Lewis talked about his current struggles since retiring from the game. There are alarming holes in [Lewis'] memory these days, scary out-of-the-blue failures, like when the 32-year-old is driving around his native Atlanta and forgets where he is. The landscape suddenly turns unfamiliar, and he has to stop and tell himself not to panic, to wait until his brain somehow reboots and the recollections come trickling back. ... [Lewis] figures he averaged 15 full-speed, helmet-to-helmet collisions per game, 16 games a year, during his decade in the National Football League. It's the equivalent of running head-first into a brick wall 2,400 times.
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Blood is in the water and here comes the lawyers.
SteveDallas
Amarillo, TX
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If I wore that uniform, I'd want to do some forgetting, too.
Debbie Does
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WILD FAN
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Piling on used to be a penalty.
Brewsterdude
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Maybe this explains the 5 homes...
Otis B. Driftwood
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LOL - Beat me to it.
And Mangina still sucks.
Canuck eh?
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Is there no assumption of risk, here? Or, is this more like a hostile work environment lawsuit? I'll get benched or cut if I don't play concussed, so I'd better keep playing?
Brewsterdude
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I have missed this so...
Otis B. Driftwood
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I'm extremely lucky that we don't get ESPN.
It's probably the reason I don't post that much anymore. ;-)
Canuck eh?
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I am equally lucky (or stubborn)... I shun espen as much as possible.
Otis B. Driftwood
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Hey! That's what I was thinking!
Stuart MacDougal
Indianapolis, IN
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Who is going to advocate for the thousands of Browns fans who suffer from concussions banging their heads against tables after every game?
50yearfan
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He couldn't remember where his house was located so he bought another one? I'm sure he'll use these injuries to explain away some portion of his inability to manage his millions of dollars properly.
Whitey0302
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Hmmm....That might explain why Cromartie has so many kids and doesn't remember any names...
ORF
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Wasn't he a running back who started leading with his head since he was 7 years old ? More people get concussions and head injuries from riding a bike and playing soccer. Why don't people sue the makers of bikes and soccer balls.
jbelcer
Roanoke , VA
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Nope. I'm not feeling all that compassionate for a guy who makes millions for playing a kid's game.
Stuart MacDougal
Indianapolis, IN
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Pro football is not a "kid's game", Stu. It's a violent pseudo-gladiatorial undertaking. Entertaining, damn right. But stop kidding yourself its a kids game. Men are crippled for life playing this game.
BonusEruptus
Hicksville , NY
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I spent several years working underground as a hardrock miner and a couple more working in drydocks. I've seen plenty of people get badly injured and killed on the job, and guess what? They didn't get paid millions of dollars to do it.
Mr Steeler
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Of course no one wishes this on anybody. But really, for every football player with injuries he carries around for life, there are 100,000 guys with bad backs and knees shot and limited mobility and pain for life from working everyday jobs on construction and factories and jumping in and out of trucks and 10,000 other jobs for just enough money to get by.
And on this day it does not even come close to what veterans have suffered for 100+ years.
50yearfan
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