Snoop Dogg was a recent guest on The Wendy Williams Show where he opened up about his son Cordell Broadus’ football career. Broadus made headlines when he quit the UCLA football team in 2016 and Snoop was admittedly “upset” at first.
But after researching CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) and the harmful effects on the brain, he applauds his son for getting out.
“My son is very smart for getting out early and maintaining his mind-state,” he said. “It was difficult for him. He said he had played for me his whole life and he wanted to play for himself.”
Snoop Dogg’s “Redemption of a Dogg”
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CTE has had devastating effects on numerous professional football players over the years. Last April, former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez met a tragic end when he committed suicide while serving a life sentence for the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd. He had just been acquitted in a 2012 Boston double homicide.
Researchers at the Boston University CTE Center released a statement last September regarding Hernandez and revealed he was suffering from brain injuries consistent with stage 3 CTE at the time of his death. The statement explained that “CTE is associated with aggressiveness, explosiveness, impulsivity, depression, memory loss and other cognitive changes.”
Hernandez left a suicide note behind and explained how music from Meek Mill, JAY-Z, The Game and Rick Ross helped him through some dark times.
Snoop’s research clearly taught him CTE is something to be taken seriously and he’s grateful his son will avoid a similar fate.
The Wendy Williams Show episode featuring Snoop’s full interview airs on Wednesday (September 26).[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Fuck Wendy williams
Here come all the “Snoop is an idiot”, “Snoop is a hypocrite” comments…stfu.
Soo hes cancellin his youth football league too then?? Gtfoh!!
CTE ain’t no joke. Look up Junior Seau and how he off’ed himself because of CTE.
“last april” gtfoh, Hernandez killed himself in 2017. That wasn’t last April you stupid fucks!
I had apair of Junior Seau Nike’s in Northside Middle School the year I won MVP Defensive player of the year 1994-1995 all that ended March 29, 1997 off the field but never left the field . Song of the Night Dog Pound ( New York New York )
Snoop son quit cause he wasn’t as good . Plus he probably was truly playing for his dad but Snoop finds CTE serious but is still a football coach foh ya son waw trash just like you but difference was everybody realize you for some reasons people just turn the other way smh
Yea ur right
Fuck do i want to be his son for his son was a trash football player and snoop the most overrated rapper ever give me a verse that was dope after doogystyle
did hernandez kill 3 people because of cte or because he smoked pcp everyday?
Damn where we at tho?