Emotional Mark Gastineau, ex-NY Jets Pass Rushing Specialist, Blames Football for His Parkinsons and Alzheimers Disease – IOTW Report

Emotional Mark Gastineau, ex-NY Jets Pass Rushing Specialist, Blames Football for His Parkinsons and Alzheimers Disease

Gastineau was never a sympathetic character. In fact, he was a giant d-bag (and I was a Jets fan.) His sack dances were not only unnecessary, they were awkward and embarrassing looking. It didn’t help that he sported a mullet (still does.)

But that doesn’t mean I’m not saddened to hear that he is very ill. I wish him well.

But I do have to say something. Gastineau is blaming football, and football alone, for his illnesses. Concussions do contribute to neurological diseases, for sure, but so does being a boxer.  That little tidbit was left out of Gastineau’s announcement. He turned pro boxer after he retired from football.

Despite his 15-2 record (there were fight fixing allegations bandied about at the time) he was an awkward and unremarkable brawler who took lots of punches. Some say he stunk.

Here are some screenshots of Gastineau’s work in the ring-

Getting knocked goofy.

The patented “turn and run and getting punched in the face anyway” Gastineau maneuver.

Not a lot of these positions in a pro boxer’s scrap book. Gastineau developed a cauliflower back.

Probably a more vicious blow right here than he ever received in football.

How this is overlooked and not at all mentioned as a contributor to his problems is not great reporting.

 

25 Comments on Emotional Mark Gastineau, ex-NY Jets Pass Rushing Specialist, Blames Football for His Parkinsons and Alzheimers Disease

  1. Football and boxing? And the guy attributes football as the cause of his mental/physiological/neuropathology?

    How about stupidity? Sounds like a porn actor complaining about getting an STD.

  2. I believe there was some substance abuse thrown in the mix over the years as well. Is he suing someone? NFL? A combination of all of the above could render a legal victory impossible.

  3. “…..cauliflower back.”! Bwaaaaahahahahahahahhahahahahahah ..erp!

    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

  4. Why blame his time with the NFL?

    When you want a big pay day – you blame and sue the party with the deepest pockets.

    Even Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer knows this.

    The reporter is complicit in this scheme now.

    P.S. I laughed when my lawyer friend told I was sue-proof about 20 years ago. Whaaa?

    Then the realization of what that meant sank in.

  5. Way back when I used to watch the NFL, GASTINEAU was a complete asshole. It appears nothing has changed.

    GASTINEAU knew the risks of making the BIG bucks and national notoriety in the NFL. To date there is no connection between Parkinson’s and football. If there were, his decision, he took the risk and he pays the consequences.

    Or maybe this is Karma for being an asshole for most of your life.

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