"In a span of five years, beginning in 2015, the former National Football League quarterback Erik Kramer tried unsuccessfully to die by suicide, then lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after a woman he secretly married plundered his life's earnings while he struggled to heal. Kramer nonetheless considers himself an extremely lucky man and knows his recovery both mental and physical has been extraordinary by any definition, he said in an essay shared with the Guardian."
"The Quarterback and the Con Artist revisits Kramer's victimization at the hands of Courtney Baird and also revives questions about the toll taken on the bodies and minds of American football players. Those renewed questions come after a man who blamed football for giving him the incurable brain illness CTE fatally shot four people at the office tower which houses the NFL's headquarters before killing himself on 28 July."
From 2015, Erik Kramer attempted suicide and later lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after a woman he secretly married plundered his earnings while he recovered. Kramer experienced extraordinary mental and physical recovery and considers himself extremely lucky. A new documentary podcast revisits his victimization by Courtney Baird and raises questions about football's toll on bodies and minds. Those questions intensified after a July shooting by a man who blamed football-related CTE. Kramer's son Dillon believes CTE was the primary contributor. Kramer played ten NFL seasons, teamed with Barry Sanders, set Bears passing records, and suffered long-term depression.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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