stmarysmead
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Well, he was 20 when he was arrested for the assault. Did that precede the NFL career? It seemed to have preceded the concussions.
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I think he was still in college then. That he wasn't convicted tells me that wasn't a very big deal.Well, he was 20 when he was arrested for the assault. Did that precede the NFL career? It seemed to have preceded the concussions.
Yes.Well, he was 20 when he was arrested for the assault. Did that precede the NFL career? It seemed to have preceded the concussions.
Not unusual for young men to get into fisticuffs.Yes.
I think the extreme rage displayed here is a clue. I'd like to know why he had recently moved back in with his parents. Was he having financial trouble? Medical/mental issues? Addiction? The father came right out and said he thinks his football injuries are responsible. I'm just guessing, but I'll bet that is true, at least in part.There’s another man badly injured. One article said he was also there, working. I wonder about the type of anger that extends beyond the target to two small children and two individuals who have no connection to the grievance at all.
I always feel terrible for family members (parents or children) of killers. They are left to deal with feelings of guilt and shame and maybe ridicule, while at the same time trying to deal with their own grief at the loss of their loved one. Even though Phillip did a terrible thing, for this guy, he will still always be his son. I'm sure he loved him very much.Father on news channel WCNC Charlotte
That is really sad and hard to watch too.
Just as background, the minimum salary was about half that ten years ago, but you are absolutely right that he would have earned enough to have a nice quality of life - had he saved and budgeted, etc.
The problem is that the majority of these players, especially lower end roster guys often squander it away like they are making Tom Brady money or like a veteran on his second contract.
They are young guys making more money than they often grew up with and have no idea how to handle. Everyone and their mama has a hand out wanting a house or bills paid.
Our.... the charges were uhmm.... "reconsidered".I think he was still in college then. That he wasn't convicted tells me that wasn't a very big deal.
A very good point and a question well asked.So he just suddenly snapped and went down the street to massacre a family?!?
It's hard to say. I don't know that the colleges/football programs typically have that much influence over criminal/legal matters, but it's very possible that in college towns (and we are talking SEC football in the south here), you may (hypothetically of course, I have no knowledge of this case) have local law enforcement be diehard team fans and could they give preference, or overlook things or be a little more forgiving? It wouldn't surprise me. But that would be more realistic to me than say Steve Spurrier (the head football coach at the time) or school administrators wielding real influence over a police department. All imo.Our.... the charges were uhmm.... "reconsidered".
I imagine the ability of College teams to have this influence is declining in the face of social media which make special considerations harder to obtain.
But... my guess is that police considerations of collegiate star athletes before social media could be more, well.... "discreet" in some cases.
SCDIV, any insights regarding how influential colleges were back then regarding wayward athletes and police matters?
And how terrible for the worker, James Lewis, a young man at 38, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time working on the house.
Ugh and those poor parents who lost both a parent and their children. Just horrific.
South Carolina shooting: Former NFL pro Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself, report says
What we know about Phillip Adams, gunman ID’d in SC mass shooting
I wonder if they will study his brain. CTE currently can only be confirmed with a post-mortem autopsy.A very good point and a question well asked.
Concussions seem to be pretty common in NFL football. Yet, how many concussed NFL players wake up and massacre a family?
In the end, there are six victims in this terrible crime (five murdered, one wounded). Adams, NFL or not and concussed or not, is fully a perpetrator, not one of the victims.
I'm sure that will be something that the pathologist looks for.I wonder if they will study his brain. CTE currently can only be confirmed with a post-mortem autopsy.