Another Ex Footballer Dies Prematurely

[piggynose]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39664839
44 seems so young.
Ugo RIP.

[pixie374]

Very young and very sad. I think it goes without saying, that when you push your body that hard in unnatural ways, it will be a risk. That it's "another ex-footballer" isn't unexpected. Just awful.

[Peter Pedant]

and seems so long ago

21 April 201721 April 2017.
From the sectionFootball

1972-2017 - er you could read the article before you post them
but ho hum, this is AB

[Peter Pedant]

very young and very sad and rather a long time ago

[Lie-in King]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question1549007.html

Piggynose - you could probably ask for *this* thread to be removed.

[andy-hughes]

So sad, and yes it does seem young - I have two children older than that!

I think we are always shocked when sports people who have spent their lives being in the peak of physical condition succomb to a hidden condition like this.

It's very sad, he seemed like a nice guy.

[pixie374]

Andy, they are often over-peak. It's not natural and that's why many "exceptionally fit" people die from heart conditions. It's not hidden, but human bodies aren't designed to deal with that amount of stress.

[sunny-dave]

LOOK AT THE DATE OF THE REPORT

[ apologies for shouting, but subtlety seems to have failed ]

[pixie374]

It's ok. It's in Sport, not News- and always relevant.

[Lie-in King]

It was even the OP's thread 4 years ago.

[piggynose]

Sorry for not checking the date. I thought something was amiss.
I cant believe the beeb could be so sloppy.

[Mamyalynne]

?

How are the BBC in the wrong here?

[piggynose]

15.46 I C+P it from bbc sport today. So surely bbc are at fault. No just me.

[sunny-dave]

It wasn't in "BBC Sport Today" as a news story - it was in a link to similar stories at the bottom of a page about Mr Eriksen - the date is very obvious.

Surely you (as a professed Baggies fan) should have realised that it was a historical parallel - not a new report?

[piggynose]

Hands up SD of course i have no excuse. Ironically i and many wba mates were releived when he left us, not cuz we didnt like him, we couldnt pronounce his name.

[gingejbee]

Interesting how many on here are quick to blame the BBC for just about anything!