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Can’t hang it on Burfict. I don’t think one blow causes CTE. But damn to go from the best in the league to this is sad.
If it’s the incentives he still had another week, and he should have a lot of money already.
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I've seen and experienced serious mental illness and breakdowns ,but this was inexcusable from someone who has been paid millions of dollars just to play a game. I've also seen more than my share of people use mental illness as their excuse to be total asswipes about any and everything whenever they're not getting their way over the most petty of things. At the end of the day you stand up and be accountable for yourself because nobody else is going to do that for you. I had to learn that crap the hard way when I was younger. I used the same bullshit excuses and got kicked around over it so I really don't have a hell of a lot of sympathy unless the person is truly schizophrenic or something. I have a stepdaughter with schizophrenia so I know for fact she can't help it, but this kind of schmuck like AB? Take a freaking long walk off a short pier and don't cry because it's wet down there.. Nobody with any sense gives a crap. I have zero sympathy for users like AB and other manipulators like him.
I'm harsh about it, but guess what folks..life is harsh and at the end of the day the jungle we live in doesn't care that you might have gone nuts. You either learn how to control your bullshit or you get eaten by the stronger beasts who can control it.
Bottom line is we live in a world where the largest provider of mental health services by a HUGE margin is in fact the penal system and it's only getting worse. I learned the hard way to keep that shit under wraps because it will eat you alive no matter how much money you have and how popular you might have ever been. The crazy house was replaced by prisons.
I see one of three possible outcomes for him. A. He gets his shit together, B. He dies by suicide or C. He ends up in prison.. End of rant..
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