I'm Not Into Hockey, BUT...

This is sad and I needed to mention it. Check out this New York Times article about three hockey players that have been found dead in eerily timed and similar circumstances.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/sports/hockey/deaths-of-three-nhl-players-raises-a-deadly-riddle.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Not only does this pique my interest from a depression standpoint and the mention of suicide-I also found it interesting to consider the consequences of their roles as "fighters" in the league.

Derek Boogaard's family donated his brain to researchers at Boston University. They will determine if he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy like more than twenty other former NHL players. CTE can result in impulse control problems, drug abuse, and memory loss and may have contributed to some of these players' deaths.

People tend to forget that professional athletes and actors and actresses and other famous people are human too. While they earn millions of dollars (gagbarfsnort-another topic all together) they also suffer like the rest of us, and this article makes me think-what "occupational hazards" these people might struggle with that we don't comprehend at first glance? and how much are they put at risk purely for "entertainment value" or money?

Read a little, think a little, and let me know if it strikes a cord with ya'll like it did in me ;o)