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[SIZE=-1]Chris Nowinski, author of the book "Head Games," and founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, which studies the effect of repeated concussions leading to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, noted they have been tied to both cognitive impairment and depression. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Nowinski started studying the effects of concussions on athletes after suffering numerous problems himself that he couldn't fully understand after damage done as both a football player at Harvard University and later with World Wrestling Entertainment. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"When Evan Tanner passed away, the idea of someone who had done that so many times who may have forgotten the right supplies could be an example of that," he said. "With [Justin] Levens, that situation was similar to Chris Benoit (the pro wrestler who killed his wife and son and then killed himself). But this really wouldn't apply to the death of Eilers." [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Nowinski noted that in studies of brain injuries among boxers, the correlation isn't just the number of concussions but also the length of time spent in the sport and amount of overall shots to the head taken. He noted the repeated pounding in sparring sessions over 10 years can lead to significant damage even without full concussions, noting fighters can have numerous sub-concussions. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But Brandon Shue, Eilers' roommate and training partner who started him in the fight game when Eilers was a 16-year-old high school wrestler, pointed the finger at depression as a catalyst for what ended up happening. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"He hadn't been paid in four months," said Shue. "He was sick of MMA and said he wanted to go into boxing. He was really depressed. That's a big part of what happened. He had no money for four months and was frustrated with a lot of people." [/SIZE]
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http://mmajunkie.com/news/13619/recent-mma-fighter-deaths-raise-questions.mma&cid=0&ei=HN5eSebYK4zK8ATXuazYAQ&usg=AFQjCNGPmSemejdqMVXbrS1m7CyBM74glQ
[SIZE=-1]MMAjunkie.com, OH [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Chris Nowinski, author of the book "Head Games," and founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, which studies the effect of repeated concussions leading to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, noted they have been tied to both cognitive impairment and depression. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Nowinski started studying the effects of concussions on athletes after suffering numerous problems himself that he couldn't fully understand after damage done as both a football player at Harvard University and later with World Wrestling Entertainment. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"When Evan Tanner passed away, the idea of someone who had done that so many times who may have forgotten the right supplies could be an example of that," he said. "With [Justin] Levens, that situation was similar to Chris Benoit (the pro wrestler who killed his wife and son and then killed himself). But this really wouldn't apply to the death of Eilers." [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Nowinski noted that in studies of brain injuries among boxers, the correlation isn't just the number of concussions but also the length of time spent in the sport and amount of overall shots to the head taken. He noted the repeated pounding in sparring sessions over 10 years can lead to significant damage even without full concussions, noting fighters can have numerous sub-concussions. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]But Brandon Shue, Eilers' roommate and training partner who started him in the fight game when Eilers was a 16-year-old high school wrestler, pointed the finger at depression as a catalyst for what ended up happening. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"He hadn't been paid in four months," said Shue. "He was sick of MMA and said he wanted to go into boxing. He was really depressed. That's a big part of what happened. He had no money for four months and was frustrated with a lot of people." [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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