http://goo.gl/yNPbV

Marshall has been making strides to deal with his mental health issues for the past 12 months or so with a specialist out of Boston, it's well documented!!! For any Broncos fan, Dolphins fan or Brandon Marshall haters who don't think that he's making significant strides or stills lacks any accountability……. What could be more accountable than for a super star to start saying that he takes responsibility for his actions or for someone who's soo invincible to say out loud and in print "I have a mental health issue and I'm taking action to take control of it"!!!

Marshall is going to alright from here on out!! Mark my words!!! He has made the turn around in his life and it's already showing loud & clear with his actions & his words, soon his play will reflect it more than ever!!!

Too much is being made of the suicides in the nfl. The nfl employes thousands of people and only a select few have chosen to kill themselves. I bet if you look at the suicide rates for police officers, postal employees, and wall st executives the are a million times higher than the nfl.
===================================================
I’d bet they are not.

The US military has a serious problem with suicides, but it’s about the same rate as the regular population. The difference being, the US military screens personnel for health issues before they even come in the service so they should (in theory) have a more healthy population mentally. The US military also knows the suicide problem evolved from the stigma of personnel seeking help for mental illness.
Hey, some of us who love the NFL want the players to live long productive lives afterwards. You know, the players who are battling out there and providing entertainment for me and you. I don’t want to see players blowing their brains…or chests…out when they believe they have no other place to turn.

My question is. Why are these guys who are getting paid millions getting into financial problems. It’s the only sport you hear where these guys go bankrupt after they stop playing. Get educated and invest. It’s really not hard to save your millions you made the last 10-15 years and save to be able to live comfortably.

————————————————-
Football certainly is not the only sport where players go bankrupt. Player financial problems–as well as player marital problems and player legal problems–just happen to be among some football bloggers’ favorite topics. That’s why you hear so much about it. But financial mismanagement happens in all walks of life. At least the football players you’re talking about have done it with their own money and not the financial assets of millions like you’re friendly neighborhood bankers, financial planners, and Wall Streeters.

The NFL has approximately 1900 active players each year–and the average career lasts three years, not 10-15. Most of those players do save their money and live quiet, productive lives. But you wouldn’t click on those stories, now would you? Not sure what any of this has to do with Brandon Marshall’s op-ed.

Those who think it’s easy for anyone, let alone celebrity athletes, to seek treatment are hopelessly naive. We live in an intrusive age where people are constantly judged for any perceived weakness–as the nasty posts on this thread demonstrate. Kudos to Marshall for having the courage to speak out on his own struggles, and to try and throw a lifeline to others.

Good for Marshall, but sadly this does not only apply to athletes but to everyone suffering a mental illness. If you don’t suffer from mental illness, or know someone close who has, you won’t understand.

Marshall makes a valid point about the male of the human species.

It’s a shame that Marshall’s actions never match his words. I don’t doubt that he’s struggling with some personal issues but I’m not going to trust anything he says until he can stay out of trouble for more than a few months.

Seriously, you people are the exact people I have no respect for.

Marshall, Williams, etc. Have been diagnosed with mental disorders of some sort. You think millions of dollars cure that?

You morons need to realize money isnt happiness, and working a 9-5 job is not the same as being a professional athlete. Being a pro, especially of Seaus caliber, bring YEARS of physical and mental stress. Money doesnt just cure that.

Marshall unfortunately gets a terrible rep because of his history with the law, but this guy time and time again does things like this to say hey, even though I get myself in the wrong places at the wrong times, and I am trying to make myself better, I am also trying to show everyone that this is an illness, and these are reason why as you get older they tougher and tougher to battle.

Kudos to Marshall.

Look, i laughed just as much as the next guy at that Geico commercial with R Lee Ermey about an ex-drill instructor making a horrible therapist, but it was kind of irresponsible to make it seem like anyone in therapy is some weakling talking about how yellow makes them sad.

I don’t agree that men are stigmatized for seeking help. You would had to have buried your head in the sand for the last 10 years to still believe that with all that has been written about it.

Having said that, BM is still in the game not even thinking about the rest of his life after football so why has he been exhibiting moronic tendencies from time to time? Just saying.

It’s great to see Brandon turning his own life around as well.