Wade Belak found dead

[chippa13 1844]

A guy like Cooke has already been suspended, what, 5-6 times. Missing game checks hasn't seemed to change his behavior.

[Chadd 916]

A guy like Cooke has already been suspended, what, 5-6 times. Missing game checks hasn't seemed to change his behavior.

actually, the usually let him off the hook. To his credit, he has been playing a different game this year

[wrangler 157]

A guy like Cooke has already been suspended, what, 5-6 times. Missing game checks hasn't seemed to change his behavior.

I haven't followed Cooke, was just addressing your hypothetical. Suspensions need to be long enough to get a guy's attention, and may need to accelerate quickly, even to the extent of season or lifetime bans. To me, it's a question of the powers that be deciding that they really want to do something. So far, they haven't shown they care that much. Lip service alone won't get it done.

[wrangler 157]

The New York Times reported that Boogard suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/7321038/report-new-york-rangers-derek-boogaard-had-brain-ailment

[wrangler 157]

More from TSN: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=382082

I don't remember, but it seems they ought to have some studies on boxers.

[Jason Harris 31]

Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute is a co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at BU, where Drs. Cantu and McKee research. (I think Cantu is the other co-director). Kerry Goulet of StopConcussions and Chris Nowinski have essentially partnered up.

That's a long-winded way of saying that I'm pretty sure Kerry's told me that SLI and BU have studied boxers' brains in the past.