[nickcarraway]

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Mr. Gastineau at 3:06)

[Tax-chick]

Young guy for all that.

[fso301]

Perhaps he took too many punches and forgot that he was also a boxer.

[mac_truck]

You can listen to the Gastineau interview HERE

[CtBigPat]

Dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s - That sucks.

[ConservaTexan]

Roadside, maybe? He was demented back in the 80s.

[Our man in washington]

I’ve been criticized by a few left-wing friends for liking football. But the reality is that if Gastineau had been given the following two choices at age 20, what would he taken?

1. You can play football for ten years, make millions, and be one of the greatest players in the game. You will have pains afterwards and age 60 for you will be like age 80 for most people.

2. You’re a strong guy, so you can do construction or something and live an anonymous life.

With Gastineau’s personality, he’d have taken the choice to play football even if he knew full well what it would do to his body and mind. A few of the former NFLers have said they wished they’d never played but most have said “I loved that game.” They choose to play, and I choose to watch. It’s freedom on both sides.

[Professional]

I’m amazed at how well the steroids of football is covered up and ignored.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. Prayers for him.

[TBP]

The price of playing football.

[pepsi_junkie]

Gastineau was the all time sack leader and still should be. Brett Favre intentionally laid down like a dog and gave Michael Strahan a free sack so he could take the record away. Strahan didn't earn that record, Gastineau did and he had it stolen from him.

Sad for him and his family, glad to see people are recognizing the real root cause of all these football guys having their brains and health wrecked years after football. It's roids, human beings were never meant to have that much power and speed and use them to smash into each other. Until the NFL gets rid of roids, for real, I will never believe they care one bit about player safety.