Body of missing Ohio State player found

[ChioLu]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...yes-found-dead

His mother, Susan, is a Chi Omega (Ohio University).
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family & friends.

[SOM]

Sad for all-Family, friends, teammates. I do have to wonder, and have been since this first came up, if NCAA (and any other groups) is going to take a good, long, hard look at OS's Athletic Program. Family members put out some rather mixed messages on his health. Said that he has had issues for awhile while today saying that Football team kept an eye on him.

[SOM]

Did multiple concussions lead to OSU football player's suicide http://www.wfla.com/story/27521483/d...layers-suicide

[thetalady]

The article leaves out a lot of important facts, which allows the reader to assume that the concussions occurred as a football player at Ohio State. Perhaps the wrong assumption. Perhaps the injuries occurred during his football practice with the team? Maybe in athletic activities prior to joining the team this year? When did the concussions occur?

[SOM]

Seems to be rather a great deal of mixed/confusing/conflicting messages:
Coroner: Exam will look at brain of Ohio St player http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaa...ocid=ansspap11

Kosta Karageorge Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
http://heavy.com/sports/2014/11/kost...player-killed/

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

Maybe I'm missing it...what were the conflicting messages and what are you confused about?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by buck369

He was a walk on who joined the team this year and never played a down.


The media is too lazy to do their homework. There are multiple reasons for suicide. They include MONEY problems, relationship problems, drug use, steroids, painkillers, career problems and so on.


If an NFL player who abused steroids and painkillers, loses his 5 milllion a year job, gets dumped by his wife, gets dumped by his 21 year old girlfriend, and can't find a job with his basket weaving degree why is anyone surprised when he eats a bullet?

Just because he never played a down doesn't mean he couldn't have a football related concussion. Many players get concussion while on the practice field. Whether or not the concussion is related to his suicide is a different matter all together. Don't assume that he wasn't injured on field simply because he didn't play in a game.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Just because he never played a down doesn't mean he couldn't have a football related concussion. Many players get concussion while on the practice field. Whether or not the concussion is related to his suicide is a different matter all together. Don't assume that he wasn't injured on field simply because he didn't play in a game.

Yes to all of this. In addition, did he play football in high school? Junior high?

Concussions affect people of all ages, and their effects are cumulative. Several serious concussions earlier in life could have pronounced effects by college age, especially if he took a big hit this year in practice.

[AGDee]

He was a wrestler, which could also lead to concussions, I imagine.

[candygirl200413]

Originally Posted by AGDee

He was a wrestler, which could also lead to concussions, I imagine.

that was my logic too! I was going to say it could be a combination of wrestling and football practicing. I know being the clumsy one I am I got injured more in practice than games

[SOM]

Concussion Concerns Extend To Younger Players

For the Ohio State community, Thanksgiving weekend ended in tragedy when 22-year-old football player Kosta Karageorge was found dead of apparent suicide. Karageorge, who had been missing since Nov. 26, was found on Nov. 30 in a dumpster near the school's campus in Columbus, along with a gun and what police said appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to the Washington Post, Karageorge's mother told police that her son had suffered from several concussions. The Columbus Dispatch reported that a few days before his body was found, Karageorge had texted his mother, saying, "I am sorry if I am an embarrassment but these concussions have my head all [messed] up.”
This week, an Ohio coroner ordered a special examination of Karageorge's brain to look for signs of traumatic brain injury.

The national conversation around traumatic brain injury in football -- concussions, but also chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to repeated head traumas -- is now expanding beyond retired and longtime NFL players to include student athletes...... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...052&ir=College