RIP - read it as I got off the plane this afternoon.
Simple fact is 30 year old athletes shouldn’t be passing away.
Clearly something else going on here - be it an un diagnosed heart issue, blood clot or something else. Regardless of the cause - it’s a true loss for his family and the sport.
Just kind of struck me as similar to how Darryl Kile passed - one day not feeling well - dead the next. Turned out he was masking a lot of the warning signs with booze and pills - and it caught up with him. Kinda makes me wonder how deep these athletes are actually screened by physicians. Obviously - we hear a story every few years about a college kid who gets diagnosed with something immediately before the draft - but otherwise - unless it’s a big contract year - many don’t want to know I suspect.
It is extremely sad. I would like to add on here. I have known 5 people that committed suicide and 2 in the last 6 months. 3 of them worth tens of millions of dollars and you would think they have it all "financially" Nothing surprises me anymore and I am not shocked when someone takes their own life, you just never know about anyone. Very sad to say the least though.