That was frustrating, but it was successfully settled, and that's good. Strauss explained the family's decision in a statement issued to ESPN. And the Seau family wants the truth to come out. Since this litigation started, there hasn't been one document produced, there hasn't been one deposition taken. The family of Junior Seau pictured above. Gina DeBoer and Junior Seau had three children together. The oldest child is Sydney who is Jake is 19 years old and Hunter is 14 years old.
Gina and Junior got a divorce on November 23, The couple had been married almost ten years. Read More From Heavy.
The family spoke out about the decision. I just want to give the speech he would have given. The family had this to say in a statement on the matter:.
We were saddened to learn that Junior, a loving father and teammate, suffered from CTE. While Junior always expected to have aches and pains from his playing days, none of us ever fathomed that he would suffer a debilitating brain disease that would cause him to leave us too soon.
Conversely, your brain can become so filled with problems, you can't find any of the solutions. Duerson, like Seau apparently did, shot himself in the chest. Duerson did it to preserve his brain for study.
Per a report in the New York Times in February, chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in more than two dozen retired NFL players. This is not to say that Seau had the same disorder as Duerson. Time and research will determine that. Seau could have other demons. Often, players who have no brain trauma at all can have a hard time transitioning out of professional sports, falling out of the spotlight. It's wrong for us to assume anything at this point.
If there is any good out of this situation, regardless of his own reasons, Seau's death has made this a conversation we can have today. I called suicide a selfish act, and admittedly that may just be a crutch. You have to think suicide is selfish because the second you don't, you've lost that fight for your soul.
While Seau left three kids and a grieving family behind , his final act of ending his life by shooting himself in the chest, thereby preserving his brain for study, could make a difference for current and future football players.
Maybe the disease had won, as it too often does. Maybe Seau thought it was better for his kids to remember him for what he was than to see what he had become. Maybe something inside him—something out of his control—took away all the other answers.
It's impossible to think about Seau's career and rationalize how his life ended. I look back at all those quotes of his former teammates and fellow NFL alumni and can read the sadness and sense the fear. If this happened to Junior Seau, of all people, it can happen to anyone. It can happen to them. The last decision of Seau's life will do good for a lot of people, whether he intended it or not. And not only will his brain help the important scientific research of damage caused by repeated head trauma in football, but the fact that such an uplifting, upbeat and positive life can end this way should wake a lot of people up.
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