Former Panthers Draft Pick Tim Shaw Diagnosed with ALS

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Former Titans linebacker Tim Shaw (@TShawsTruth) has announced he has ALS. His message: http://t.co/QQozY9329p

— Tennessee Titans (@TennesseeTitans)

August 19, 2014

 

 

[XClown1986]

Brutal. He was a fantastic special teamer and locker room guy. Terrible news.

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Brutal. He was a fantastic special steamer and locker room guy. Terrible news.

 

Brutal for anyone, but for it to happen to a young guy in incredible physical shape is sobering.  It can happen to anyone. 

[TheAmericanDream]

Prayers sent. ALS is no joke. What a terrible disease.

[SpeedOFLight]

Sad news. I send my prayers. This ice bucket challenge is turning out to be a good thing. It brings awareness to the disease and helps raise funds.

[jasonluckydog]

That sucks I wish him the best,,,just terrible

 

I have one of his rookie cards that is a short print and was so happy when I bought this

 

[pstall]

I knew a guy who passed a couple of yrs ago who up to that point was the longest tp live with ALS. Like 16 yrs or so.

It always seems to get people who are very good athletes.

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[Ruff]

That sucks. ALS is one of the most horrible things ever.

[Beast_3000]

I knew a guy who passed a couple of yrs ago who up to that point was the longest tp live with ALS. Like 16 yrs or so.

It always seems to get people who are very good athletes.

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I wonder why that is? I knew a guy that went to school on a track scholarships that passed away from ALS. Weird correlation.....

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[dpanther69]

Dag prayers up.

[pstall]

I wonder why that is? I knew a guy that went to school on a track scholarships that passed away from ALS. Weird correlation.....

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yeah. it just seemed to pop up. and usually it's people that are very good at multiple sports.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Dang.  Hate that :(

[pantherclaw]

Sad to hear.

Most ALS victims only suffer physically from the disease.

My favorite uncle, Tim, was one of the few that the disease stole his mind.. The last year if his life he was mentaly

an 8 year old, although he remembered being a much smarter man. He was often angry as you could imagine.

Such a terrible disease.

I miss my uncle Tim.

Prayers to Shaw and hus family.

[frash.exe]

Just donated today, not because anybody challenged me though

Steve Gleason's probably the most covered recent case. He had a special on the NFL network about his struggle. It's a fuging horrible disease you wouldn't wish on Hitler if he were still alive. I thought I read or watched something somewhere that said repeated concussions can trigger it, but I'm not sure. If true, it's probably the reason this has happened to a few NFL players who are still young. Lou Gehrig also apparently had at least a handful of pretty bad concussions in his career before his infamous diagnosis years ago.