Concussion (2015) Edit

A dangerous gift.

A death sentence and two appeals,

A diving bird capable of generating speeds of up to 75 miles per hour,

A few months after Steeler favorite Justin Strzelczyk

A full presentation in Chicago next week.

A human being will get concussed at 60 G's.

A human brain

A matter of time, the professional game.

A neuropathologist in Pittsburgh, Dr. Bennet Omalu, is claiming

A Pro Bowler in that deep with NFL leadership

A small boy, uh, came to me

A tragic loss for the family and fans

A young lady from Kenya.

Absence of clinical information.

After examining the remains

After he was found dead in his Oceanside home.

After he was found dead in his Oceanside home.

After nearly 17 years.

Ah, suspicion of bullshit. We got screwed.

Ah, yes. The chief.

All of his scans were clean.

All of it, okay? And superglue.

All of these animals have shock absorbers built into their bodies.

All right, call it out! Douglas, I'm talkin' to you.

All right, well, don't...

All right? The team doctor!

All the while, they were closing schools and raising taxes.

All they have to do is put on the side of the helmet,

All units, black pickup

All units. Reported collision.

All we got to do is finish the game.

All world killer athlete to civilian to king, all in one lifetime.

Amen.

America's game.

Americans were the manifestation

Among pro football players with depression?

An equipment manager and two trainers,

An Omalu Onyemalukwube.

And all we have to do is finish the game.

And any foreign government

And beautiful all that is, and I don't blame you.

And determined that the concern

And devastating hits that filled highlight reels.

And disbelief over the sudden death.

And get away from our game!

And him giving me examples of hard work ethic

And how can you possibly know that?

And I am certain that there are others.

And I did my residency

And I don't understand why it is happening this way.

And I don't want to see

And I know you can't see how exciting

And I speak for them.

And I think you're doing this wrong.

And I was the man who performed the autopsies

And I'm gonna wait for this because the look on his face

And I'm not talking about the older guys.

And I'm sorry.

And in here. I am dying in here!

And it would not stop bleeding.

And just the ones that I know about.

And my question to you is...

And nothing created by man can bring you down.

And now I am looking at this man,

And now they want to pretend that his disease does not exist.

And now you want what's left of my boy.

And our Number 1 hit of the week,

And people at over 80 years old?

And Plaxico Burress does a great job.

And said, Mister, why do you hate football?

And science is knowing.

And she will scream and she will jump.

And stabilizing reign perhaps in the history.

And telling me when you get knocked down, you get back up again.

And Terry Long and...

And that feeling you have

And that, right there?

And the chairman of the Department of

And the League concluded unequivocally

And the League said that they weren't concerned about the ratings

And their conclusion?

And there is not a damn thing I can do about it.

And they want to bury me.

And they were forced to admit that that was incorrect

And they've got to say it out loud.

And this is not some quaint academic discovery

And Ty Law will launch him backwards.

And what does that mean?

And what you have there is the research

And who else?

And with the same purpose, and to sacrifice.

And you should be careful, Danny.

And you turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogeyman a name.

And you're paying for it yourself.

And yours, Julian.

And, uh, banging heads.

And, uh, it's not a lot of fun out there

And...

Andre Waters has it. We'll be back...

Andre Waters has it. We'll be back...

Andre Waters, known as 'Dirty Waters, '

Andre Waters.

Andre Waters.

Any more of these men vanish in the back of a pickup truck.

Anything to be concerned about?

Apparently, I'm being relieved of my duties.

Apparently, the Commissioner

Apparently, the National Football League owns neuroscience.

Apparently, we've both hurt the government's feelings.

Are you referring to the death row case where I used my personal time?

Arrested a few times.

As it hardens, it chokes the brain, leaving him unrecognizable,

As long as the NFL continues to deny the truth, nothing changes.

As much as I wanted to be accepted as an American.

At a home. Feeding old people.

At Columbia University Medical School in New York.

At Enugu, Nigeria.

At the NFL owners meeting in Illinois, Roger Goodell...

Bailes. Why do I know that name?

Because he is the best at what he does.

Because he knew people was thinking he was crazy.

Because how can it be possible that some African voodoo doctor

Because I want to believe that.

Because it is so goddamn fantastic!

Because it's not Alzheimer's.

Because the League was immune from acts of God.

Because there simply isn't any.

Become self mutilating and homeless at 50?

Bennet Omalu is going to war with a corporation

Bennet, it's Julian.

Bennet, listen to me.

Bennet!

Bennet!

Bennet!

Bennet.

Benny, you there?

Between self medication and early head trauma,

Between smoking and, um, damage to your health,

Bighorn sheep can generate...

Burress at the 45!

But as a scientist,

But as we, uh, as we go through this, I want you to understand

But Bennet Omalu, came to America,

But do you have to talk to them?

But he died in disgrace.

But I am being punished.

But I am telling you that playing football killed Mike Webster.

But I appreciate everybody's over here,

But I can't do this alone.

But I knew God.

But I've been studying Mike Webster's position.

But let me just say this to Mr. Goodell, uh, and everybody who's here today

But men, your men,

But Mike Webster goes mad and nobody asks why.

But now they're representing the National Football League.

But that was before I knew him.

But they are either dead or lost

But through her eyes, I can see the beauty

But what I'm trying to tell you is this is not fun for me.

But you have to look at their entire medical history.

But, uh, sometimes you can't.

But, um, why is the committee doing this, man?

Call the surgeon.

Can you tell me what a rheumatologist

Cardiac arrest may be how he died, but not why.

Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, D.C.,

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Come and sit down, Mike.

Come and sit down, Mike.

Come and sit down.

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on.

Come on, now. This ain't no hotel. You can't sleep here.

Come on. Come on.

Come sit down, Mike.

Commissioner Goodell, is there a link between

Common sense.

Congratulations.

Convince them, Julian.

Corporate men like this, in this country, usually go to Harvard or Yale.

Could understand this subject better than them?

Cyril, they are not going to make me say one word against you.

Cyril, um...

Cyril.

Cyril.

Cyril.

Danny hates your guts. I've never seen anything like it.

Danny, come on.

Danny, you are out of line.

Dave Duerson killed himself today.

Dave Duerson.

Dear God,

Decide that football is too dangerous for their sons to play,

Dexedrine, Prozac, Klonopin, you're still taking all of those?

Did they agree what it is?

Did they even read your resume?

Did you know that Paul Tagliabue...

Do you believe that he thinks this is a time that I should leave it alone?

Do you even watch football?

Do you have any idea of the impact of what you're doing?

Do you have any idea what I could have, how much I could have

Do you know what history does to people,

Do you know who I am?

Do you understand the impact

Do you want me to go on?

Do you want to see your room?

Doctor, I'm not with the Steelers anymore.

Don't worry.

Double D.

Dr. Bennet Omalu.

Dr. Elliot Pellman's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee.

Dr. Julian Bailes, medical director

Dr. Maroon, who is also vice chairman of

Dr. Maroon.

Dr. Omalu, do you have a medical degree?

Dr. Omalu?

Dr. Omalu.

Dr. Omalu.

Dr. Omalu. You got something today. Left it on your desk.

Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one. Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one.

Dr. Wecht has been indicted

Dr. Wecht, Dr. Omalu is here to see you.

Drive! Drive! Hit him!

Each day seems to bring a fresh round of tributes.

Embrace that

Ended up here in this rusty place

Equivalent to hitting them on the helmet with a sledgehammer.

Essentially, you're America's forensic pathologist.

Even to himself.

Ever met the great DeKosky before?

Everything in my world is telling me

Everything that I am is here.

Excuse me?

Excuse us. Thank you.

Expect two minutes, tops.

Eyes on me! Eyes on me! Gentlemen!

Face to face. I will make him say it out loud.

Failure to find.

Father, I'm working on my MBA.

File the appeal.

Financial chaos and homelessness.

First time in Washington?

Fix that brain.

Fix the brain, please.

Football does not want to talk to you.

Football gave him CTE, and CTE told his brain

Football is the most popular sport in America

For being told.

For knowing.

For the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes

For you alone to be the one to see this?

Forgive yourselves.

Former NFL players suffering from symptoms

Fraud, federal theft.

From playing football, and he says

From the NFL time and time again.

From the Royal School of Music in London.

Get 'em, get 'em, get 'em!

Get me Elliot Pellman.

Get out!

Get the hell out. Or they'll be doing your autopsy.

Get up, get up field, get up field, get up field!

Get your shit together!

Give it a try.

Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight.

Good morning, Gracie.

Goodell and the NFL are asking for a concussion summit.

Gracie, full autopsy, please.

Gracie.

Guys who tape knees for a living.

Had abandoned his family, slipped into

Half of all players with concussions

Hands. I could not reconcile these conflicting sets of hands.

Has been yearning for years to go back to his litigator roots.

Has donated millions of dollars to countless charities.

Have a good day. It's good to see you.

Have and will die from CTE.

Have died in the last few years?

Have you ever performed any private services on county time?

He did complain of dizziness.

He does not know that he can lose his mind.

He does not know that he can lose his mind.

He doesn't want a drink.

He has given me a great gift.

He knows he may break his arm or his leg.

He looks like a nobody, but let me get into it.

He may be injured or even killed.

He never played a day of football.

He said he was all right.

He wants his brain to be donated.

He was 44.

He was 50.

He was a guy who gave us hope when there really was no hope.

He was a little boy to a college man,

He was our strength in our offense.

He was pleased to hear from me.

He was pulling them out and supergluing them back in.

He was the sun.

He went to medical school in Guadalajara.

He would have bled to death.

He'd already become someone else.

He's a rheumatologist.

He's a specialist in arthritis and joint pain.

He's a true warrior.

He's the greatest center to ever play the game.

He's thinking about filing a formal complaint.

Heaven was here and America was here.

Hello? Mr. Omalu?

Hello.

Helmets on crash test dummies and bashed them together.

Here he is.

Here we go, here we go. Everybody up!

Here we go.

Here you go.

Hey, come on, man. There's no need to cut this man's body.

Hey, hey, hey. You and me, we were the same, man, huh?

Hey, little one.

Hey, man.

Hey, Mike.

Hey, turn on the TV.

Hey, wake up!

Hey, we got a full room today.

Hey, you can work with me in the prison laundry.

Hey, you do not speak to me like that!

Hey!

Hey! Wake up, you.

Hey.

His brain had been consumed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

His family, his money.

His hands may have touched the victim,

His life.

History laughs.

Hit it! Drive! Drive!

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hold on, hold on.

How 'bout we hit somebody this time, huh?

How about you?

How are the kids?

How are you for... For money?

How did you know that?

How far backwards?

How much has that cost you so far?

How old are these?

How will you be?

Human beings?

Hut!

Hut!

I am freaking overwhelmed.

I am going to write my orders for the tests that I need.

I am in deep shit.

I am loving the digs.

I am offended.

I am put on the schedule for every weekend.

I am sorry.

I am the wrong person to have discovered this.

I beg your pardon?

I called for him. He's coming.

I called your father.

I can remember sitting down with my father

I can tell something is wrong.

I can tell.

I can't deny it.

I can't seem to find the goddamn words no more.

I can't sleep. Okay...

I can't tell what you're more afraid of.

I cannot go back to Nigeria.

I decided to trust His wisdom and I stayed.

I did not know that.

I didn't do good enough by you.

I didn't want to call you at your office.

I don't know football. I've never played.

I don't know what I'm looking for.

I don't know what to say to them.

I don't want to go to sleep.

I feel God in you, Bennet.

I freaking can't believe it's you.

I got the call.

I guess these guys only die when you're working.

I had a tooth pulled as a child once

I have Chris Jones for you.

I have never wanted anything

I have not done anything wrong,

I have some.

I hear you, Mike.

I heard him very clearly say, I hate blood.

I heard you sold your Super Bowl rings, Mike.

I just asked you a simple question. What's the answer?

I just can't do this.

I just need the measurements for the flat screens.

I just want you to help me, all right? I just want you to help me.

I just...

I know from these players' records

I know my time is drawing to a close,

I know them.

I know this man. I know his backside as well as anybody.

I know where you are.

I know who Mike Webster is.

I know who you are.

I know.

I know. I'll take care of it.

I made millions for those assholes.

I mean, come on. It's not even your money, man.

I mean, I'm sure it's fine.

I mean, my eyes get crossed. It just weirds me out.

I mean, to me it's like life that way.

I mean, what does that say about the effect of concussions on players?

I mean...

I nearly pushed Keana into a wall.

I need a full autopsy.

I need your help. I need your help, Dave.

I never leave it alone.

I never thought I'd do that to her.

I picked an older bald headed white man.

I said to her that I wished I'd never met Mike Webster.

I said, I don't hate football.

I save.

I saved all my money and I bought this for you.

I say not to, but he does.

I solved the problem.

I think what he's saying is that

I think you're gonna be an American hero.

I think you're working a little too slow.

I thought I was here for the other reason.

I thought so, until I heard hour 217

I told you there would be more.

I took you to be an early riser.

I understand.

I want to know what are you doing

I want to marry you.

I want to sit with him, man to man,

I want to solve the problem.

I want us to go on enjoying our great game...

I wanted to give up and go back.

I was a registered nurse at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.

I was attacked.

I was the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

I was the team doctor.

I was them.

I was you.

I was, uh, very curious.

I will help you, Mike.

I will marry you.

I wish I had never met Mike Webster.

I would ask you that same question, Dr. Maroon.

I... I understand.

I'd like to begin...

I'd like to talk with you.

I'd probably request it.

I'll get you a job.

I'll just sit with you for a minute, huh?

I'll say this,

I'm a doctor.

I'm a neurologist who's worked around football for years.

I'm fine.

I'm going to continue looking.

I'm interested in science.

I'm just asking back what I gave!

I'm just looking at it.

I'm not a doctor here,

I'm not even an American.

I'm not here because of you. I'm here because people are dying.

I'm not interested in common sense.

I'm not with the NFL.

I'm ready to go.

I'm saying this crazy crap to my kids.

I'm shocked.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. I made a mistake.

I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the funeral.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Dave. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, uh, I don't usually watch TV.

I'm sorry. What is a center?

I'm starting to forget things.

I'm still scared of that.

I'm studying. My books are all over, everywhere.

I'm sure you see good in me.

I'm talking about men that I worked with,

I'm very proud of you.

I've done my own research on this NFL Brain Injury Committee.

If he had been scratched or bitten,

If his hands had been the murder weapon,

If I know how she lived, I know why she died.

If I went back to my side of the ball and just kept my mouth shut?

If just 10% of the mothers in America

If the state of Pennsylvania moves forward to execute,

If Thomas Chambers' family has a history of hemophilia.

If we finish, we win.

If you continue to deny my work,

If you don't know what that is,

If you don't speak for the dead, who will?

If you have to do that, talk to them in your head.

If you retract, you'll be fine. This all goes away.

In 18 years of professional football?

In 25 years, I've never requested a panel of tests like this.

In a medical journal.

In a swimming pool.

In addition, I am a certified physician executive,

In America to solve the problem.

In Forensic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Anatomic Pathology.

In my experience of professional football

In order for me to keep going, more have to die.

In the National Football League.

In the negotiations that are going on now

In the way that Mike Webster was lost.

In this study,

In this study,

In which case, your immigration status will be revised

Including mail fraud, wire fraud,

Including some who were actually knocked out cold.

Including, but not limited to, uh, mileage vouchers,

Ira Casson was head of the team of

Iron Mike.

Is fallacious reasoning.

Is that him?

Is that your father?

Is there any evidence as of today that links

Is to have the opportunity to work with people with a common goal

It gets worse.

It is a game of desire. That's why we have the three whistle drill.

It is an unremitting storm of sub concussive blows.

It is the anatomical equivalent

It is this.

It might not be so nice when you get out here.

It sort of reminds me

It's A 1, front page New York Times.

It's actually really beautiful.

It's all right. It's just...

It's all right. It's okay.

It's an entertainment product.

It's another death row case.

It's business.

It's going to be okay.

It's Justin.

It's me, man. Andre Waters.

It's Mike Webster.

It's not a natural thing.

It's not the Sports section, not Science.

It's okay.

It's only true if they say it's true.

It's tires and oil.

It's very weird to bring women into the morgue at night.

Joe, he does autopsies. He's not in the outcome business.

Joseph Maroon.

Jugger.

Julian.

Julian.

Junior Seau's death is being investigated as a suicide.

Junior Seau's mother poured out her heart and her grief.

Just be a little less of an artist.

Just don't give up.

Just hear him out.

Just help me. Just...

Just hours after he was rushed to the nearby hospital,

Just leave him be.

Just like this.

Just make sure we both come out okay.

Just mechanics trying to keep the cars on the racetrack.

Just not here.

Just so you understand, this does not show up on a CT scan.

Justin Strzelczyk may have gotten his concussion swimming.

Justin Strzelczyk.

Kids are fine.

Kids, colleges, and eventually, it's just

Killing himself in the way he killed himself,

Knows about the brain and brain disease?

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mayor Dave Duerson...

Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest center in

Leading to narcotics abuse and overdose.

Let me give you something to help you rest, Mike.

Let's begin with Rachel Green.

Let's get to Jacked Up Number 5.

Let's go, baby!

Let's go!

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's keep God out of this.

Like my daddy, a Louisiana judge, always used to say to me,

Like pouring wet concrete down kitchen pipes.

Listen, Danny knows she's been in there.

Listen.

Listen. Fat? Stop eating like a pig. Got a headache? See a doctor.

Living women are... Well, occasionally they're a pain in the ass,

Look at his teeth.

Look at me!

Look, hey, hey, hey.

Look, let me walk with you.

Look.

Look. Twelve years I paid my dues.

Looked like he tripped...

Make sure you pick off the flyer.

Mark Bulger gonna be delivering the ball to Tony Fisher.

May I kiss you?

May... May we have the room, please?

Means you would also consult with the CIA and FBI

Mike controlled it, Mike ran it.

Mike did. Someone to help me

Mike Webster sustained

Mike Webster was a personal friend.

Mike Webster.

Mike Webster.

Mike Webster.

Mike, he's here.

Mike, hey.

Mike.

Mike.

Misuse of office stationery and my personal use of the fax machine.

Mmm, six months.

Mmm.

More than 70,000 blows to his head.

Mr. Chambers tested positive for hemophilia A.

Multiple head injuries with any long term problem like that?

My balls are low.

My child has got to be born in America.

My God.

My God.

My hands are on this body! If I am wrong, I am wrong!

My kid plays football because of this guy.

My last year with the Steelers,

My mind keeps slipping.

My specialty is the science of death.

My use of government resources to advance my private practice.

My wife watches the games.

Name it. You have to give this a name.

Need is need.

Need is not weak.

Neurosurgery of West Virginia University,

NFL doctors who had looked into the issue

Nice job, nice job. Tempo, tempo. Let's go.

No documented concussions.

No obvious contusions.

No one made it to the funeral.

No one would blame you if you stopped now.

No shrinkage from Alzheimer's.

No, actually, I hate it.

No, you're not going to.

No!

No!

No.

No.

No.

No. I will resign first.

No. This one will be fine.

No...

Not a single piece of our anatomy

Not professional ruination.

Not to agree with you, except one.

Nothing. I'm doing my work. I'm fine.

Notorious for his aggressive style of play

Now it's theirs.

Now, do you know how many Pittsburgh Steelers, just Steelers, now,

Now, doesn't that suggest that the state has the right man?

Now, now, these men, these men,

Now, two cases does not meet the scientific burden of proof.

Number 4, the Seahawks and the Chiefs.

Number 52, Iron Mike Webster!

Of a safety belt for its brain.

Of contracting a brain related injury

Of course he was.

Of course they do.

Of every single practice, from the time

Of former and current NFL football players.

Of former Chargers star Junior Seau

Of former National Football League player Andre Waters,

Of Mr. Chambers' police interview.

Of the tobacco companies, pre '90s,

Of the United States to take a look.

Of what you are doing?

Oh, but... Oh, your... Your original question, uh, what can I add?

Oh, I understand.

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't usually eat breakfast.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you?

Oh, it is necessary.

Oh, look at that.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no one is stopping anything.

Oh, okay.

Oh, sure. How much do you need, Father?

Oh, Terry.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, the Ritalin.

Oh, tremendous! Tremendous catch!

Oh, uh, sorry. Um...

Oh, we have heard

Oh, what? What is...

Oh, your study, I'll get back to you.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Okay, but I don't see him.

Okay, I see him. Just passing me. Where am I?

Okay, I'm sorry. I just did not know who he was.

Okay, let's huddle up! Bring it back, huddle up.

Okay, Rachel, I need your help.

Okay! Okay, all right, then, the team doctor!

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Yeah.

Omalu, DeKosky and Cyril Wecht.

Omalu's gone to the press now. Listen to this.

On 84 federal counts, including...

On Mike Webster, Terry Long.

On suspicion of what? Science?

On the ball, on the ball. Let's go.

One day, I may be rushing through your autopsy.

One has a TV in this country.

One hundred G's.

One should eat breakfast in this country.

One sixteen, one sixteen!

Ooh.

Ooh.

Or even better than you?

Or ill health effects.

Other related offenses, arising out of

Over head injuries was overblown.

Ow!

Own Dr. Bennet Omalu,

Pam's your wife.

Paul Tagliabue announced that he would retire in July

Pecking a tree 12,000 times per day,

People are saying bad things about you.

People do not go mad for no reason.

Percocet, Lexapro, Zoloft.

Perhaps to aid her, as he claims.

Pickup has collided.

Players are gonna want to hear from you now.

Playing football is hazardous to your health.

Playing professional football and the likelihood

Playing's what we lived for. Huh?

Please ask Him to help me.

Please help me find out what happened to you.

Please help us to continue to be deservant of Your blessings.

Please, exit my workplace.

Please, please, Tex. Let me at least have the joy of telling him.

Please!

Plus a couple of other team doctors,

Police say his girlfriend reported finding him

Possible causal relationship

Possible causal relationship

Prema!

Prepare the body, please.

Priest Holmes, he's diving. Yes, he's got it! Touchdown!

Protects us from those types of collisions.

Ready.

Ready. Set!

Records say severe headaches, double vision, voices in his head.