Sam Farmer of The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Junior Seau’s family will allow his brain to be studied for possible damage that could have led him to suicide.

The article quotes the Chargers’ chaplain as saying: “The family was considering this almost from the beginning, but they didn’t want to make any emotional decisions. And when they came to a joint decision that absolutely this was the best thing, it was a natural occurrence for the Seau family to go forward.” The family wanted “to help other individuals down the road.”

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