Guess He Felt Guilty? Aaron Hernandez committed suicide
 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/authorities-say-aaron-hernandez-commits-suicide-massachusetts-prison-110558946.html

Sad situation all around.

More 02 for the rest of us....buh bye, wanker.

Not shedding any tears.

Tremendous talent that could have been leveraged for positive things instead of being a homicidal gang banger wanna be piece of ****.

I'd like to know about his childhood.

gotta agree -- absolutely no remorse whatsoever for this ass. As a matter of fact, its probably the smartest thing he's done in 3 years. In the end, the big man showed what he truly was...a coward.

He is a total POS that deserves nothing more than being forgotten.

Just like the even bigger POS that 22 years ago today changed Oklahoma City forever. The world can scrape them off of the bottom of our shoe like the turds they were.

No guilt, just could not stand what he had ahead of him. Seeing his daughter might have influenced his mental state.

Somewhere in time he went from a normal kid to just a bad guy all around.

Good riddance.

Had it all, and willingly threw it away. No sympathy here.

I don't GAFF about his childhood.

His father died when he was 16, reportedly making him "rebel against authority".
Which in NO way should excuse his actions in any way shape or form.
Too many damn excuses in this world. The only things that matter are actions and consequences.

I consider his suicide as another problem solved.

Unless it has wheels and an engine, I don't much follow sports. But every once and a while I would catch a news snippet regarding his troubles and trials on my smart phone news feed. I was shocked to learn how many homicides this guy was involved in!!! SHEEESH! What an all round waste, especially for the victims! Just seems like a violent-sociopath-thug! I can't say I feel bad that he took his life.

What a sad tale all the way around. He murdered one of his friends, and two people whom he didn't even know. How does a young man ever get to be this way? I simply cannot believe that anyone is actually born like that, and is just going to grow up to be a murderer regardless of how he is raised. Something went terribly wrong with this young man's life. He had it all - everything that every young man ever dreams of. Yet, in spite of that, some deeply seated murderous instinct ruled the day. Don't get me wrong - I'm glad he finally did the right thing - but the whole situation is just so sad. So many broken lives...

Soc D fan?

Yes!

i dont follow sports all all.

unless you consider backpacking a sport..or outdoor stuff.

however, it sucks to see anyone especially a young person kill themselves. RIP dude.

Agreed. Many of us lost parents at an early age. I lost my dad when I was 18. Did I spin out and turn into some gang-banging thug? No. I dropped out of school and went to work to help my mom support my little sister and little brother. It was a long time before I was able to finish up my education and start my "real" career. It was the right thing to do, but I only knew that because my dad had taught me that before he died.

Hernandez was already getting into big trouble long before his dad died. He was likely given a pass because of his athletic ability from a pretty early age. We know he was in college, and at least as far back as high school. So here we had a violent gang-banger who excelled in football, so everyone looked the other way. Pretty darn sad how it all came to a head and so many lives were affected. All so a talented thug could keep playing ball.

Good riddance. And all for a spilled drink.

Wasn't Tebow this guy's college roommate? If Tebow couldn't help set him straight, I'm not sure there was ever much hope for this guy.

Saddest part is his kid. Makes me wonder if the kid is better off with or without this sociopath as a parent.

Since you are on the left coast I am guessing you have seen them? I missed out several years ago when they played Atlanta. Was in middle of really busy week and I am good hour south. My tremendous loss.

Love Ness' guitar playing. May not be a tech genius but his playing is perfect if you know what I mean. They stay in steady rotation at home and in the car.

my dad died when i was 13. if you plotted my trajectory..it ended at a bad place. but my mom rallied and put on her scary ass berzerker hat and scared my ass straight.

Urban Meyer ... covered up all the behavior just to win baby win. Sela

Yes, meyer made Hernandez Tebow's roommate so Tebow could keep an eye on him and be a good influence.
it helped, to an extent.

Aaron Hernandez worried Tim Tebow and Tom Brady - Orlando Sentinel

Covering player's bad behavior is SOP among college football coaches.....and has trickled down to the high school level. My sophomore year of high school, half of the football team was expelled for starting a fight with a fraternity. Their previous behavior had been covered for and it escalated to the point that they thought they could break into a frat house during the day with weapons and send several members to the hospital--all because one football player had been ejected from a party at the house the night before for peeing in their shower. This wasn't even a Big 5 conference school. The ironic thing is the school had its best-ever year the next year once the thugs were gone.

College football has become divorced from the rest of the school. Football coaches make more than university presidents. Professors are expected to pass football players, and their bad behavior is swept under the rug.

Hernandez is clearly a bad guy, but he had help getting that bad. His murderous behavior was not a one-off that came out of the blue. He is still associated with an unsolved murder from his time in college.

Riddance....good!

I guess his lawyer shouldn't have told him to "hang in there"
Too Soon?

I agree.
Think of my curiosity as that of studying a cadaver.

According to Hernandez's mother, his father's death greatly affected him, leading him to rebel against authority figures.[14][15]

Yeah, like those two events are related. He must have gotten a pass on every **** up he ever had so why not one for murder as well.

Suppose the family will file for wrongful death case now.

You are welcome to your opinions but IMHO, this whole saga was a very sad one for everyone all around.....and the ending even sadder.

Still, there's a certain sadness about it. A young man, with a family, who had a chance at some success, throwing it all away.

Some success?
He had the earning potential that was greater than the yearly expenditures for some small towns.....

Sad story where everyone loses. I am not upset with the latest update.

They knew he had issues but overlooked them to get his talents, sort of like hiring a goon for a hockey team.

This ****er basically had the world handed to him!

40 mil, to play A GAME!

Ironic that the patriots had the two best tight ends in the game and lost them both, and still won the Superbowl last year (gronk missed half the season and all of post-season due to injury).

Actually, he's paid that because he brings in television viewership and game attendance. Much like "reality" television, the bigger the train wreck, the more people watching.

Knowing the REASON for something is in NO WAY AN EXCUSE. It is like knowing why your car is making that noise. It gives peace of mind knowing that by putting in 3 quarts of oil the noise stopped.

This Hernadez thing is just another reflection on how amoral and unethical America has become. For MONEY and RATINGS this kid and A LOT of others are given a pass on BAD behavior. Sanctioned mayhem. So for a little more juicy game murder is OK to put up with.

As soon as he was accused, the patriots sent him packing. He could not be a murderer and play football for them.

Was he a punk before that? Obviously.
But i have seen no evidence whatsoever that he was allowed to be a murderer and still play football.

He did that by playing a game. Which he got paid for.
And i don't get the train-wreck tie, he was not playing football when all of this came out.

His victim, or was it victims, had no comment.

I agree with Baz on this.

It's only sad because the system protected him more for his football talent than his disregard for personal behavior.