That to me is an area that really needs to be studied a lot more than possibly "roid rage." Professional athletes have long taken steroids and it was that long ago that it was all perfectly legal. While there have been the horror stories of side effects, I don't recall ANY athlete besides OJ Simpson who killed anyone. The media frenzy over steroids in this case is a little much. Steroids may/may not have been a contributing factor but they've been around ad abused for decades and roid-rage is more like bar brawling or domestic violence that doesn't end in two deaths and a suicide over a period of days.

Benoit had a move where he jumped from the top rope with a face-first head-butt. This is a move that hardly any wrestler does any more due to the serious risk of neck injury as well as concussion from banging your head off the ring mat(which is barely padded and very solid) or the opponent's shoulder.

One side effect from frontal lobe concussions is bizarre and oftentimes very violent, totally disoriented behavior, almost like the person is on drugs and unaware of his/her surroundings and actions.

NUK

Are these concussions similar to the thousands of our boys in Iraq getting concussed?
I would apprciate it if you would really get worried about that a little more.

Sounds like you really know your wrestling!

I never would've thought about that but you just may have something here! I'll have to ask about that...

Personally I haven't watched wrestling since I was about 14 or so. Then again, when we visited ATL once I saw Mr. Wonderful at the Dwarf House.

What on earth could one learn correctly about real wrestling from such "rasslers" as these WWE, etc. guys?
They invent throws and pretensions, rehearse them, build up their muscles for show with stetoids, work for a promotion company that gives them a regular paycheck as long as they can make it, then throws them away.
Have you heard some of the talk that goes on there during some of those "matches?"
It is more simple than Laurel and Hardy stuff.
Get off your company "be nice" and call it like it is.

Are stetoids worse then steroids?

I yam what I yam...Popeye

Ex NFLer Andre Waters committed suicide recently and it's being attributed to the syndromes of frontal lobe concussions. Of course, this is something that is just now getting researched in-depth so not all that much can be ascertained. I read on ESPN's site that researchers have asked for permission to do brain tests on Chris Benoit.

I go through phases with pro rasslin where I'll watch it every week for several months and then not watch it for months. Male soap operas:)

NUK

I also would never have dreamed that there were raslin fans, illiterate ones (are there any other kind?), in Fayette County.
Coweta County I would believe, especially West Coweta.
This stuff is like dog fighting, game rooster killings, bull fighting, gladiators, children boxing, and lions eating Christians!
How have we managed to keep it 2000 years?

I think you wrote, at one time, that you're involved in the real estate world, right? If so, I would love to hear your predictions regarding senate bill 10 and the future of Fayette County. A copy of the letter that was sent to all FC parents can be accessed at the fcboe website (under exceptional children), if you're unfamiliar with the bill. Based upon your postings, you are level-headed and I would be most interested in what you have to write. Thanks in advance.

It appears to address Special Needs students and their ability to change schools.

Are you thinking that students from out of the County will want to enroll their children here? If that's the case, I would see issues. Exactly how many Children are we talking about?

Fayette County Schools and quality of life go hand in hand. They are one of the great things about this area. They also generated much gnashing of teeth on the last rezonings we went through. Hot button issue for sure.

Sorry, I don't know enough about the bill to be of help. I will have a 10th grader at McIntosh this fall, and this is the first I've heard of this Bill. Obviously, it's a hot a huge hot button issue with the folks I deal with.

Think they're going to 'want' to?? ha ha ha
You KNOW they will; they are already sneaking them in. Anyway, from what I've heard (but have not verified), until each special ed teacher has a maximum caseload, there are openings. The openings mentioned in the letter do not refer to overall openings, but special ed openings (again, from what I've heard). This morning, someone told me that the legal max is either 25 or 26 caseloads per teacher. That's what we had in Clayton County ten years ago, when I worked there. When that happens, all involved suffer. With that in mind, my (already over-crowded school) can take on 165 more. I imagine the other high schools are in the same boat. It will be an interesting year. As you read/discover more about this, please keep us posted as to the real estate end.