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Omaha Steve

(99,685 posts) Sun Nov 30, 2014, 12:12 AM Nov 2014

Poster of missing Ohio St player shown before game

Source: AP-Excite

By RUSTY MILLER

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State's football stadium went silent Saturday as an announcer called out the name of a missing football player while a police poster seeking information on his disappearance appeared on the scoreboard.

Kosta Karageorge was the last of 24 Ohio State players who were expected to play their final game at Ohio Stadium against rival Michigan. His family says he was last seen Wednesday.

The seventh-ranked Buckeyes went on to defeat archrival Michigan 42-28. After the game, an emotional coach Urban Meyer addressed the missing player.

"Our prayers and thoughts are with him and his family and to have him return home safe," Meyer said.

FULL story at link.

This photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 and provided by Ohio State university shows college football player Kosta Karageorge in Columbus, Ohio. The mother of a missing Ohio State football player has told police he texted her about his prior concussions the morning he disappeared. A missing-person report filed with Columbus police Wednesday evening, Nov. 26, 2014, says Karageorge told his mother he was sorry if he was an embarrassment but concussions had his head messed up. The 6-foot-5 senior missed practice Wednesday and Thursday and has not been heard from. (AP Photo/Ohio State University, Jay LaPrete)

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141129/fbc--ohio_st-player_missing-70a01125ec.html

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Poster of missing Ohio St player shown before game (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2014 OP

Wow the NCAA can't find a rug to sweep this under fast enough. Socal31 Nov 2014 #1

Have not Heard a Peep About This lib87 Nov 2014 #2

I found this link...sad: sounds like he is suffering horribly from past concussions (wrestling too). C Moon Nov 2014 #3

Wow, how awful. Vibes and prayers for him and his family. nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #4

This is a terrible tragedy for this young man to suffer so much. greatlaurel Nov 2014 #5

Well said. n/t JimDandy Nov 2014 #7

Thank you. greatlaurel Nov 2014 #10

Sounds like a case of CTE. roamer65 Nov 2014 #6

He's been found dead in a dumpster Crabby Appleton Nov 2014 #8

May he rest in peace and may his family find peace and healing. greatlaurel Nov 2014 #9

Socal31

(2,484 posts)

1. Wow the NCAA can't find a rug to sweep this under fast enough.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 12:16 AM

Nov 2014

College has been largely insulated from the growing concussion fallout.

lib87

(535 posts)

2. Have not Heard a Peep About This

Reply to Socal31 (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 02:57 AM

Nov 2014

I checked a popular sports website and see nothing on there about the missing player. He mentioned concussions and tptb all turned a blind eye.

Hope he is found alive.

C Moon

(12,219 posts)

3. I found this link...sad: sounds like he is suffering horribly from past concussions (wrestling too).

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 05:43 AM

Nov 2014

"Missing Ohio State defensive tackle Kosta Karageorge sent this shocking text to his mother, Susan, at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, shortly before she filed a missing-person report with Columbus police.

“I am sorry if I am an embarrassment, but these concussions have my head all f–ked up,” Kosta Karageorge wrote via The Columbus Dispatch.

The 22-year-old Ohio State senior was last seen at his apartment around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. He was upset and went for a walk. He missed football practice that day and hasn’t been seen since, which his family said is uncharacteristic."

http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/kosta_karageorges_final_text_concussions_have_my_head_all_fked_up/17804542?linksrc=story_player_kosta_karageorge_auto_module_head_17804542

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

4. Wow, how awful. Vibes and prayers for him and his family. nt

Reply to C Moon (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 06:37 AM

Nov 2014

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)

5. This is a terrible tragedy for this young man to suffer so much.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 12:20 PM

Nov 2014

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Parents should not let their kids play sports where concussions are routine. It is very dangerous. My SO taught college level physical education. Our kids were not allowed to wrestle, or play football or soccer. Sports with recurring head trauma need completely revamped if kids are going to play these sports.

As an aside, the Ohio State quarterback had his ankle broken yesterday in the Michigan-Ohio State game. No one seemed the least concerned on the TV about this or the way the coach used the kid as if he was just a commodity to be used up and disposed of when no longer needed. The health and futures of all these young men are sacrificed so the universities, the networks, the advertisers and the NCAA can all rake in billions in profits.

I sincerely hope this young man is found safe somewhere very soon.