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And taking an event like this and re-directing it to a "concussions in sports" discussion is politicizing the issue pretty quickly following the death of two people and the orphaning of a third.
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That's kind of the point. What caused this tragedy is basically one of the first questions that people ask. The key is prevention of future tragedies.
We do know a couple of things though. We know that in the past year 3 NHLers with brain injuries have died. We are starting to research the impacts of sub-concussive events on athletes and are concluding that it is altering brain chemistry. And we know that this appeared completely out of character for this latest athlete.
So is anyone saying that concussions lead to the murder and suicide of two people? No. Not what I see. But I do see alot of people trying to understand what happened. And head injuries are top of mind right now. Sure we wont know now, if at all, what role they played.
So your point that it's all speculation and therefore we shouldn't take about it is frankly just not adding anything.