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Antonio Brown Clarifies That There’s Nothing Wrong With His Mental Health As He Discusses CTE & The Way Football Players Are Treated
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Earlier this month, Antonio Brown made headlines after he left the sphere whereas taking off his uniform in the course of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sport in opposition to the New York Jets. He was later formally launched from the crew, and many individuals have shared their ideas in regards to the state of affairs. Whereas in dialogue in regards to the second, folks have questioned Antonio’s psychological well being, and now he’s addressing the speculations head-on.
In a preview clip for the upcoming episode of “I Am Athlete,” Antonio spoke in regards to the second. Brandon Marshall defined how he would have dealt with issues with Bruce Arians underneath the circumstances that Antonio beforehand described. Antonio responded and mentioned, “That’s the psychological well being coming in proper there. Everybody on the planet obtained a distinct type of reactions of what occurred to me. And it’s based mostly upon the place you from, how you’re feeling, and nobody solely gonna know that regards of who you is.”
He expanded the dialog on psychological well being and CTE and mentioned, “The issues with soccer gamers’ psychological well being and CTE is that this, these guys are prepared to do no matter it takes to make some obligation sport. Within the midst of these video games, alongside that journey, they’re being mistreated. There’s loads of stuff that went on which will haven’t been dealt with proper.”
Antonio started to query why is it that when one thing dangerous occurs, or somebody reacts in a sure means folks start to query their psychological well being.
“It’s nothing fallacious with my psychological well being,” he mentioned. “Somebody instructed me to get the f**ok out of right here. I’m not passive-aggressive.”
As we beforehand reported, following the incident on the sphere earlier this month, Antonio launched a press release by means of his lawyer and claimed that he was pressured to play with damaged bone fragments in his ankle.
He additionally mentioned he didn’t stop on his crew, including, “Being fired on the sideline for having a painful harm was dangerous sufficient. Then got here their ‘spin.’ Coach denied on nationwide tv that he knew about my ankle. That’s one hundred pc inaccurate.”
Following his assertion, he then shared alleged textual content messages between him and Coach Arians, the place it reveals that he instructed Coach about his harm.
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