May not relate to why he was a murderer but may relate to why he killed himself
Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end who committed suicide in April while serving a life sentence for murder, was found to have a severe form of C.T.E., the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma that has been found in more than 100 former N.F.L. players.
A lawyer for Hernandez, Jose Baez, in announcing the result at a news conference Thursday, said researchers determined it was “the most severe case they had ever seen in someone of Aaron’s age,” which was 27.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/s...=top-news&_r=0
With the increasing information on CTE tough call for any parent with a son who wants to play football