tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post1548228274411091904..comments2023-10-31T03:58:32.056-07:00Comments on Empathic Rationalist: Snakes in the NFLDaniel Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-25994365140801596532015-07-25T15:34:38.729-07:002015-07-25T15:34:38.729-07:00Mary Lois, I didn't realize you knew Stabler, ...Mary Lois, I didn't realize you knew Stabler, though I was aware that you were both from Alabama. He did come across as a basically nice person, though he definitely succumbed to his passions far past what any of my intellectual role models would have approved of.Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-35583261082164178982015-07-25T13:39:28.128-07:002015-07-25T13:39:28.128-07:00The tragedy that lies in wait for so many of the g...The tragedy that lies in wait for so many of the greats of football will be a long time being addressed with regulation and changes in the game. Kenny's behavior and his alcoholism could well have been a result of the brain damage he surely suffered. I knew him slightly--he was from Foley, Alabama, and I did know his wife Rose pretty well. He was always a courtly gentleman (except of course when he wasn't) and he deserved a better break than being a football hero afforded him. Like Elvis, he achieved too much fame too soon, and probably was addicted to the glory of his star moves in the game as much as the money and celebrity. <br /><br />I'm not a fan of football so it's very difficult for me to comprehend the adulation of its heroes. But he was a small-town good guy with a big talent for what he did well, and I would like to have seen him given a chance to do something meaningful off the field after his retirement. What? I don't know. I guess nobody ever will. An American tragedy. <br /><br />I do hope results of the tests of his brain and back will be made public and that the football industry will do something positive with those results.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.com