Aimbove mutambi weDetroit Lions, Mel Farr, uyo akasarudzwa mumutambo wekutanga uye akambotamba kaviri mumutambo wePro Bowler, aive nechirwere chechirwere chepfungwa chinonzi Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) panguva yaakafa muna 2015, yakashuma kudaro Outside the Lines yeESPN neMuvhuro.
CTE chirwere chepfungwa chinopararira chinongoerekana chaonekwa chete kana munhu afa. Chine hukama nehasha, kuora mwoyo, kurasikirwa nendangariro uye dzimwe nguva kunyange dementia. Chikoro cheMishonga cheBoston University chave chichiedza vatambi veNFL vakafa nekuda kwechirwere ichi kubvira muna 2008 vachitsvaga hukama huripo pakati pekuora mwoyo nemhedzisiro yakaipa muhupenyu hwavo.
Ndizvo zvakaitika kuna Farr mushure mekunge mutambi wePro Bowl akahwina kaviri uye mukwikwidzi wekutanga weLions muna 1967 afa nechirwere chemwoyo kumba kwake muna Nyamavhuvhu 2015. Aive nemakore makumi manomwe ekuberekwa uye aine chirwere cheBP chisina kuzivikanwa.
Mhuri yake yakapa uropi hwake nemusana wake kuBoston University kuti zviongororwe. Vanachiremba vakaona kuti aive nechikamu chechitatu chepfungwa iyi, zvichireva kuti kugona kwake kugadzira ndangariro itsva nekudzora manzwiro ake kwaive kwadzikira zvakanyanya. Iri danho riri pazasi apo kuongororwa kwechirwere chepfungwa kunowanzo itika.
Mwanasikana waFarr, Monet Bartell, akaudza OTL kuti Farr akanga achikanganwa kwenguva yakati asati afa. Akaudza nhengo dzemhuri yake kuti aitya kuti ane CTE, kunyange hazvo mhuri yake yakaudza OTL kuti vakashamisika kuti akasvika padanho rechitatu.
Asati afa, Farr akabatana nechikwata cheNFL chaive chakaita sechikwata chevanhu asi chichiri kuenderera mberi. Nyaya yacho yaisanganisira Farr, mukoma wake Miller Farr, muzukuru wake Jerry LeVias nevanakomana vake Mel Farr Jr. naMike Farr, vese vaitamba muNFL.
Farr akapedza basa rake rese neLions kubva 1967-1973. Akasvika kuPro Bowl semutambi mutsva muna 1967, paakamhanya kwemayadhi 860 uye akawedzera 317 mukugamuchira, uye akawana rukudzo rwakafanana zvakare muna 1970, paakamhanya nema touchdown mapfumbamwe. Akapedza basa rake remakore manomwe nemayadhi 3,072 ekumhanya uye ma touchdown makumi maviri nematanhatu ekumhanya.
Mushure mekurega basa, Farr akavhura nzvimbo dzakawanda dzekutengesa mota mumatunhu akasiyana pasi pezita rekuti "Mel Farr Superstar." Mari yaakawana yakasvika mamiriyoni emadhora $568.4, zvichienderana nemushumo wegore ra2002 weAutomative News, nhamba yakaita kuti bhizinesi rake rive guru pane ese ane vanhu vatema munyika.
