[quote name=" I can't sit on the couch and cheer for action on the field' date=' when I know what it has done to Jim McMahon, Jim Tyrer, Junior Seau, John Mackey, Dave Duerson, Al Toon, Wayne Chrebet and dozens or hundreds of others. [/quote] I have no doubt that there are long last effects from playing football. But, every illness in a former players life shouldn't be attached to football. My brother in laws father suffers from dementia just like John Mackey, and he was an accountant for more than 30 years. Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's just like Muhammad Ali. I'm sure Michael J. Fox didn't get it from falling off his hover board too many times. We have seen far too many suicides in society as a whole, but when a former player does it its because of the hits he took. In reiterate, I believe that football does have many life long effects on people. Not every issue in a former players life should be tied to it. I don't think Te'o has any type of brain injury. He is just a young man that got caught up in a fictitious tale that exploded way larger than he could control.