My Thoughts on Recent Football Players’ Suicides

I was saddened to hear about the death of Broncos’ wide receiver Kenny McKinley, who died from an apparent self-inflected gunshot wound to the head on Monday.  It is so disheartening to hear that someone so young and with such great career promise would end his life, especially given that he never showed any  warning signs of being suicidal.  We may never know if his rash of knee injuries or other stressors in his life may have been the trigger, but whatever the reason this brings up an issue that is not address by the NFL or NCAA – depression which maybe triggered/linked to brain trauma.  Now...