By Brad Biggs
It's impossible to say whether an echocardiogram would have provided definitive clues to the health of Bears defensive end Gaines Adams before his death from cadiac arrest last Sunday in South Carolina, but the NFL may move toward a new measure that makes all players subject to the test at the scouting combine.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Sunday morning that in the wake of Adams' death, the league's cardiovascular committee is discussing the issue.
Adams was buried Friday after a funeral in Easley, S.C. Autopsies showed that he had an enlarged heart. He was 26.
It's impossible to say whether an echocardiogram would have provided definitive clues to the health of Bears defensive end Gaines Adams before his death from cadiac arrest last Sunday in South Carolina, but the NFL may move toward a new measure that makes all players subject to the test at the scouting combine.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Sunday morning that in the wake of Adams' death, the league's cardiovascular committee is discussing the issue.
Adams was buried Friday after a funeral in Easley, S.C. Autopsies showed that he had an enlarged heart. He was 26.
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To Grizzly and Jacko: No one knows how you feel more then yourself. So if his heart was making him performance less, he would know. If he did not get himself checked out he was probably not giving it is all, hence the coaches comment "lazy" He made millions, he and all the other athletes can afford their own doctor.
tough on this one. Many athletes have larger than normal hearts, it is a muscle, work nit and it gets bigger. Echo's are also hard to interpret for heart size.
i kno he will be missed in all of our hearts, he was one of my favorite football players, i remember when i got my first autograph from him when he and my cousin Bennett played for clemson Tigers! R.I.P Adams
I wonder if there is a corralation between his decrease in on field performance and the medical condition he had.. I also wonder if the coach he had in Tampa Bay feels like a jerk now for basically calling him lazy when he was there.