ESPN has filed an extensive report on brain damage to pro athletes, with the spotlight on pro wrestling as the news that Andrew "Test" Martin had Brain damage similar to Chris Benoit's at the time of his death in March of 09.
Studies showed Test had damage "stemming from repeated blows to the head". (You think? Really? You don't say!) Like Benoit, Test had "excessive amounts of tau proteins" and his brain had "lost the ability to heal itself."
The report goes on to state that Dr. Bennet Omalu, the co-director of the Brain Injury Research Institute, who conducted the study, said "Science tells us that jumping off of 10 foot ladders and slamming people with tables and chairs is simply bad for the brain."
I'd like to see the scientific studies done on this particular subject, and I'd like to know exactly what the hypothesis was, and who these people who were willing to hurt themselves in the name of science were. I'm sure WWE is LOVING this as the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (incorrect comma usuage WWE!!) PPV is on Sunday.
To even compare Andrew Martin to Chris Benoit as far as amount of punishment on the body in a wrestling career is like comparing apples to pickled beets. Then again, Dr. Omalu is the same guy that claimed that Chris Benoit's brain resembled an 85-year-old with Alzheimer's. To hear this doctor tell it, it leaves you wondering how Benoit controlled his bowels or found his own front door, let alone went to his airport or I dunno... managed to Crippler Crossface his wife and kid to death. This is also the same doctor who hasn't provided WWE with said report about the extent of Benoit's brain injuries. So, maybe this doctor is just an attention seeking famewhore. I mean, it's not like he works at the f'n Mayo Clinic. Who ever heard of the Brain Injury Research Institute anyway?
2 comments:
I was a little confused about your comma comment, because I don't use a comma before and. Turns out we're both right - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
It's actually not in new MLA rules.
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