[Nick77]

http://www.rantsports.com/redzonetalk/2012/05/02/former-nfl-star-junior-seau-shot-dead-at-home/

I met him several times at his San Diego restaurant, really nice guy.

[ratso]

weird, heard about this first here and starting looking around online - reports just now coming in. very sad, a great player.

[JEaton]

Yeah, shot dead by Junior Seau.

[jackman]

Holy crap!  Suicide?  This is shocking.

[decal]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/sports/football/junior-seau-famed-nfl-linebacker-dies-at-43-in-apparent-suicide.html?_r=1

[JerryM]

Rest in peace, Junior. You're one of the true great players.

The NFL has to get far more involved. These athletes that took (take) hundreds of hits to the head every day need a voice, and the NFL needs to start talking on their behalf.

Such a sad loss.

[emac]

So sad.  Seau always seemed to be one of the kind gentlemen of football.

If he did have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, then I think it will cause a big shift in how football at all levels is perceived and played.  At this point, there are probably a lot of parents out there are considering whether they want their sons to be playing football, and Seau's death could be the tipping point.

We will have to see.

[AlejandroG]

"The family of Junior Seau, the NFL football star who died last week, is now reconsidering donating his brain to science, backing off their decision last week to let his brain be examined for signs of traumatic injury.

"The Seau family is currently revisiting several important family decisions and placing them on hold in order to confer with their elders," said Pastor Shawn Mitchell, the longtime San Diego Chargers' chaplain, in a statement. The Seaus are of Samoan descent, and elders are the most respected and highly regarded in a Samoan family. They are often consulted when making family decisions. It is unclear when the family now plans to make its final decision regarding the brain donation."

They should just donate the brain imho