"Set, hut!" "Nice job, nice job." "Tempo, tempo." "Let's go." "Reset." "Tempo, tempo." "Let's pick it up this time, boys." "What personnel they got, Coach?" "All right, let's change it." "Wall right, wall right." "Make sure you pick off the flyer." "Here we go, here we go." "Everybody up!" "Ready." "Set!" "Set, hut!" "There you go." "Nice job." "Nice job." "Mike did." "Someone to help me with maximum protection." "Mike did." "Someone to help me call the play." "Mike did." "Someone to help me get the team in line." "Mike did it." "Mike controlled it, Mike ran it." "We needed him, we used him, we leaned on him." "He was our strength in our offense." "I know this man." "I know his backside as well as anybody." "Simply, nothing has ever compared to Mike Webster." "Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest center in the history of the National Football League, your inductee into the Hall of Fame, number 52, "Iron Mike" Webster!" "I'd like to begin obviously," "I want it to be fun, but I want to be truthful." "Because the people out there are tremendous fans." "Locally, but as we go through this," "I want you to understand the greatest thing that has happened to me, in my experience in professional football, is to have the opportunity to work with people with a common goal." "And with the same purpose, and to sacrifice..." "I'll tell you this, it's painful to play football, obviously." "And it's not a lot of fun out there, to be in two-a-day drills in the heat of summer, banging heads, it's not a natural thing." "I was scared to fail, honest to god, I was scared I'd fail." "I'm still scared of that." "And all we have to do is finish the game." "If we finish, we win." "Yeah." "The State has asked, after a lengthy trial, a death sentence, and two appeals, why we would learn anything new from you?" "Dr. Omalu, Do you have a medical degree?" "Yes, from the University of Nigeria." "At Enugu, Nigeria." "I did my residency at Columbia University Medical School in New York." "I also have masters degrees in public health and epidemiology." "In addition, I am a certified physician executive, with a specialty in emergency medicine." "And of course I'm board certified in forensic pathology, clinical pathology and anatomic pathology." "My focus is neuropathology, the examination of the brain." " While working as a..." " I'm sorry, so sorry, I'm sorry." "I am also completing my MBA at Carnegie Malin University." "Oh, uh, and before I came to America, a Masters Degree in the Theory of Music from the Royal School of Music in London." "But, oh, your original question, what I can add?" "My specialty is the science of death." "I think more about why people die than I do the way people live." "Hands of the deceased." "Broken and dislodged fingernails." "The hands of a woman, who fought wildly, for her life." "And lost..." "The hands of the defendant, Thomas Chambers, and that is in fact the blood of the victim." "Then doesn't that suggest that the state has the right man?" "I thought so, until I heard." "Hour 217 of Mr Chamber's police interview." "I heard him very clearly say: "I hate blood"." "I had a tooth pulled as a child once, and it would not stop bleeding." " So I got curious." " What about?" "Hands, I could not reconcile... these conflicting sets of hands." "So my mind is going mad..." "So I'm trying to figure out..." "If Thomas Chambers' family has a history of hemophilia." "So I asked his father and his father said no." "But, there is a strain of hemophilia, hemophilia A..." "It is so rare that it is never tested for..." "Mr. Chambers tested positive for hemophilia A..." "His hands may have touched the victim perhaps, to aid her as he claims," "If his hands had been the murder weapon, if he had been scratched or bitten, he would have bled to death." "If the state of Pennsylvania, moves forward to execute," "You would be killing an innocent man." " Happy Birthday to..." " Way to go Joe." " Good morning, Gracie." " Good morning, Dr. Omalu." " Here are the cases for today." " This is from yesterday." "Hey, I got a full room today, cycle them through." "Yes sir." "Let's begin with Rachel Greene." "Okay Rachel, I need your help." "We are in this together." "Please help me to find out what happened to you." " Here we go..." " Danny, come on." "Gracie..." "Dr. Omalu uses different stuff, makes less of a mess." "Possible cause of relationship between... self-medication and early head trauma." "Leading to narcotics abuse and overdo." "You're not her shrink, Bennet." "If I know how she lived, I know why she died." "And you should be careful, Danny." "One day I may be rushing through your autopsy." "Dr. Wecht, Dr. Omalu is here to see you." "You know the reason why you're not back in Nigeria, don't you?" "Yes, because I remind you of you." "Only less handsome." "Sit." "What the hell is going on down there?" "Nothing, I'm doing my work, I'm fine." "You're not fine, Danny hates your guts, I've never seen anything like it." "I think you're working a little too slow." "I'm a doctor, the dead are my patients." "I treat them with respect." "But do you have to talk to them?" "If you have to do that, talk to them in your head." "And we discussed the knives, you're still throwing them away." "We're a public agency in Pittsburgh, they're expensive." "Reuse them." "Would you want me, to cut open your mother with the same knife I used on a serial killer?" "Yes, I'd probably request it." "You need a girlfriend," "You need to touch somebody alive once in a while occasionally." "Living women, well occasionally they're a pain in the ass, but quite often they're amazing." "Give it a try." "Okay." "Just be, a little less of an artist, fit in a little more." "Yes." "It's another death row case, the guy's being railroaded." "A thousand dollars for you." "Cyril..." "Webby." "Hey, man." "I am loving the digs." "Mike?" "It's Justin." "If I just sit with you a minute, huh?" "Joker." "We're all worried about you, man." "What are you doing, Mike?" "Mike." " Don't do it" " It's alright..." "I just, I don't wanna go to sleep." "I heard you sold your Super Bowl rings, Mike." "Your Super Bowl rings, Mike" "Mike, hey, Pam's your wife." " Garrett's your boy." " Yeah." "I'm starting to forget things." "I'm saying this crazy crap to my kids." "I nearly pushed Keana into a wall." " I never thought I'd do that to her." " Well, don't... just don't give up." "All we gotta do... is finish the game." "And we'll all be winners." "Have a good day, it's good to see you." " Oh, Bennet, a moment." " Yes, father?" "How are you." " We have a new member, a young lady from Kenya." "She came to us a couple of weeks ago and she needs our help." "Sure, how much do you need, Father?" "She needs shelter, Bennet, until we find her something permanent." "Father, my..." "I..." "I'm working on my MBA," "I'm studying... my books are all over everywhere." "She's a nice girl, she's from Nairobi." "Went to a British school, she wants to work." "We're letting her tidy around the church." "We're asking you because we know she'll be safe and cared for." " I feel God in you, Bennet." " Thank you, father." "Where is she?" "So... you can see." "That is basically my office there." "Is that your father?" "Ah yes, The Chief." "Those are my peaches." "They should not be here." "Your room, there is a... the key for you." "How are you for money?" "I have something..." "Need is not weak." "Need is need." "I know where you are, I was you." "You are in America now, so, you have to be the best version of yourself." "If you don't know what that is, you pick something and fake it." "I will put it there for you." " What did you pick?" " What did I pick?" " To fake." " I picked an older, bald headed white man." "Why an older, bald headed white man?" "Because he is the best at what he does." "Do you want to see your room?" "I was a registered nurse." "At the Aogakan hospital in Nairobi." "I understand, I meant no offense." "Hey, hey, wake up." "Hey." "Wake up, you." "Come on now, this ain't no hotel, you can't sleep here." "Put down your window, let's go." "You're Mike Webster, right?" "Iron Mike." " I called for him, he's coming." " Okay, well, I don't see him." "Oh, come on, Claude." "Come on, come on." "Mike, he's here." " Hey, Mike." " Look you, uh..." " Mike, can you hear me?" " Oh, yeah, yeah." "I just uh..." "You just, uh, you just have to tell me to do, because I am..." "I am freaking overwhelmed." " We're gonna get you some help, Mike." " What are you taking right now?" "The Ritalin." "Dexedrine, Prozac still takin all of those?" " Sit down." " Yeah, all of it, and super glue." " Okay Mike - 3.5 Haldol, you call his wife," "You tell her he is worse, he's a lot worse." "You were my doctor, You were my doctor, right?" " I was the team doctor I was everybody's..." " Okay, the Team doctor." "Okay, alright then, the Team doctor." "Then why aren't you helping me alright?" " I am going to help you..." " You are not helping me..." "You gotta fix this, you gotta fix this, alright?" "Doctor?" "In here, Alright?" "And in here, I am dying in here." " I'm dying in here alright." " I'll take care of you, Mike." "It's okay." "Let me give you something to help you rest, Mike." "You want to rest, don't you?" "I just want you to help me alright, I just want you to help me." " I'll help you, Mike." " Just help me." "Come and sit down." "Well, go ahead, give me the drugs, give me the drugs." " Show me how you're going to help me..." " Don't move, Mike." "Come and sit down, Mike." "Come lay down, Mike." "You rest now." "Mike." " What am I missing?" " A tumor?" "No, all of his scans were clean." "Over the years, the dauntless Webster had abandoned his family, slipped into financial chaos, and homelessness." "This is a hard day for the city of Pittsburgh." "On a personal note, I can remember sitting down with my father, and him giving me examples of hard work ethic." "And telling me when you get knocked down, you get back up again..." "Sorry, I don't usually watch TV." "Then why do you have one?" "One has a TV in this country." "Oh, I'm Sorry, I don't usually eat breakfast." "One should eat breakfast in this country." "Dear God, thank you for the gifts." "You have so graciously bestowed upon us." "Please help us to continue to be deservant of your blessings." "Amen." "Bennet." "Just hours after he was rushed to a nearby hospital," "Recall Hall of Famer, "Iron" Mike Webster..." " What is going on?" " Mike Webster." "Who's Mike Webster?" "He's the greatest centre to ever play the game, he's a true warrior." " I'm sorry, what is a "centre"?" " The big guy in the middle, hikes it." "My kid plays football because of this guy." "Okay." "I'm sorry, I just did not know who he was." "Well, if you're going to live in this town, you're going to work in this town, football is a good thing." "I freaking can't believe it's you." "Look, as you know I was put on the schedule for this weekend." "I am put on the schedule for every weekend." "Come on, come on." "The whole town was out of work." "He was the guy that gave us hope when there really was no hope." "Just..." "leave him be." "Look at his teeth." "He was pulling them out and supergluing them back in" "Gracie, full autopsy, please." "Hey, come on, man, there's no need to cut this man's body." "Why does an apparently healthy, favourite son of this city..." "Become self mutilating and homeless at 50?" "Cardiac arrest may be how he died but not why." "Prepare the body, please." "I think what he's saying is that..." "Sometimes in life, you know you just..." "You're asked to leave it alone." "But sometimes you can't." "Do you think he believes it is a time I should leave it alone?" "No, I don't." "I never leave it alone, that's why people hate me." "Mike... people are saying bad things about you." "I can tell something is wrong." "But I can't do this alone." "I need your help, to tell the world what happened to you." "Uh, sorry..." "Regular folds of gray matter, no obvious contusions." "No shrinkage from Alzheimers." "What's wrong?" "Can you show me the CT scan again please?" " How old are these?" " Six months." "Six months, okay." "His brain should be a mess, but..." "It looks completely normal." "Records say:" "Severe headaches, double vision, voices... in his head." "No documented concussions." "He did complain of dizziness." " Yes, How often?" " Once." "In 18 years of professional football?" "Joseph Maroon." "Sign the certificate, sew him up." "Fix the brain, please." "You know we don't have the budget to do that." "People do not go mad for no reason, I'm going to continue looking." " No, you're not going to." " Danny, you are out of line." " Hey, you do not speak to me like that." " I am the pathologist on duty." "I am the pathologist on record." "Listen This is not your laboratory." "My hands are on this body If I am wrong, I am wrong." " And you are wrong" " Not you, me." "Fix that brain." "Hey, I am going to make sure that they don't pay for any of this." "I am going to write my orders for the tests that I need." " Then you're paying for it yourself." " Yes, Danny." "Please, exit my workplace." "Please." "In 25 years I've never requested a panel of tests like this." "What are you looking for?" "There is not a single case, in a book or in life, where a man that healthy, went that mad, that young, with no visible abnormality of the brain." " I don't know what I am looking for." " I can tell." " It's going to cost you a fortune." " I understand." "Okay, well, if you have to play hero, just make sure we both come out okay." "Dr. Omalu, you got something today." "I left it on your desk." "Thank you." "Prema..." "It's very late." "Where have you been?" "I got a job." " Look at you..." " Well, a shift." "At a home, feeding old people." "That is fantastic, congratulations." "What is that?" "Mike Webster." "Raise is worth a thousand dollars and here we go..." "Would you like me to get you a TV for your room?" "No, this one will be fine." "Oh, okay." "I can't tell what you're more afraid of." "What you will find... or what you won't." "Oh, My God." "Oh, My God." "Let's get the Jacked Up No. 5." "Bringing it again with the Rams vs Chargers," "Mark Bulger gonna be delivering the ball to Tony Fisher." "Throws it down around his feet," "So Donny Edwards is gonna level him right there." "Always be looking out for the big hit right there." "Tony Fisher got Jacked Up." "No.4, the Seahawks and the Chiefs, DJ Hackett." "If you gonna make the catch in time, lord gotta watch your back..." "Eyes on me, Eyes on me." "Gentlemen..." "This is a game of awareness." "It is a game of desire." "That's why we have the three whistle drill." "Let's Go." "When I blow this whistle three times..." "You seek out a team mate, any team mate." "You make collision, You be physical, You be violent." "Bring it in here, let's go." "The only way you're going to get this players hands off of you," "You grab him by his throat and you squeeze." "You choke him until shit runs down his leg." "Do you understand me?" "Drive, drive, get up." "Hit, drive, drive." "Jack wires in the Eagles, Dirk Johnson, and I'm gonna wait for this," "Because the look on his face tells you that he got..." "Jacked up." "And our No.1 hit of the week Jon Kitna dropping back to pass and Shawn Spencer and lifts him off his feet." "Oh, my God." "And Jon Kitna got:" "Jacked Up." "You should see this, Bennet." "It's actually, really beautiful." "Yes he's got him touchdown." "A tremendous catch." "Can I show you something?" "The human brain resides in a fluid... completely disconnected from the human brain." "Bennet, will you relax?" "I can hear you breathing." "This is a really terrible brain." "Ever met the Great DeKosky before?" "Expect two minutes, tops." "Is that him?" "So you're our prize graduate." "Tell him." " It's Mike Webster, the..." " I know who Mike Webster is." "Steve, he was 50." "You have my attention." "The Cape Gannet, a diving bird, capable of generating speeds of up to" "75 mph." "Turning itself into a missile as it collides with the face of the sea." "The Red Head Woodpecker can absorb a G-force of one thousand, pecking a tree 12 thousand times per day." "85 million times over it's lifetime." "Big horned sheep can generate..." "Bennet..." "Okay, Okay." "All of these animals have shock absorbers." "Built into their bodies." "The woodpeckers tongue extends through the back of the mouth out of the nostril encircling the entire cranium." "It is the anatomical equivalent of a safety belt for it's brain." "Human beings, not a single piece of our anatomy protects us from those types of collisions." "A human being will get concussed at 60 G's." "A common head to head contact on a football field?" "100 G's." "God did not intend for us to play football." "Let's keep God out of this." "Okay." " What are S's?" " The Steelers." " And the O's?" " The "others", obviously." "Yes, the other team." " Do you even watch football?" " No, not at all." "But I've been studying Mike Webster's position." "The man in the middle, is quite deceptively the most violent position on the field." "The slaps, the punches, the forearm, it is a unremitting storm of sub-concussive blows." "The head as a weapon on every single play of every single game, with every single practice, from the time he was a little boy... to a college man, culminating in an 18-year professional career." "By my calculations, Mike Webster sustained more than 70,000 blows to his head." "Now, these men... these are the fastest." "Now their speed, multiplied by the speed of the men who hit them," "The G Forces generated equivalent to hitting them on the head with a sledgehammer." "All of this triggered a cascading series of neurological events, which unleashed killer proteins upon Mike Webster's brain." "The Tangles invading and strangling his mind, from the inside out." "Like pouring wet concrete down kitchen pipes." "As it hardens, it chokes the brain, leaving him unrecognizable." "Even to himself" "I don't know football, I've ever played." "But I am telling you." "That playing football killed Mike Webster." "And I am certain there are others." "And how can you possibly know that?" "Common sense, but they are either dead or lost in the way Mike Webster was lost." "I'm not interested in common sense." "I'm interested in science." "And science is knowing." "I know from these players records, that their doctors believe that they have early Alzheimer's, which is statistically impossible... they are too young." "Because it is not Alzheimer's, it is this." "I don't like it..." "No, actually I hate it." "But as a scientist..." "I can't deny it." "Name it." "You have to give this a name." "I'm sorry." "Did I wake you?" "Did they agree?" "What it is?" "Yes, we are going to publish." "They?" "With you?" "Yes, in a medical journal." " With you?" " Yes, with me, together." "That's so..." " Congratulations." " Thank you, thank you." " You..." "Are you going somewhere?" " Yes, with you." "To celebrate." "You don't dance, do you?" "I had quite a revelation tonight." "This body was made for dancing." "When they say "dancing machine", I am what they mean." "I am very proud of you." "Okay." "May I kiss you?" " Good Morning" " Cyril." "It's very weird to bring women into the morgue at night." " She is a friend." " You don't have friends." "Listen, Danny knows she's been in there." "He's thinking about filing a formal complaint." "What?" "I was working on Webster." "I know, I'll take care of it." "How much has that cost you so far?" "20,000." " 20?" "I Save, everything." "Really?" "How unamerican." "Well, maybe it was worth it." "I got the call." ""Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy" got a nice ring to it, doesn't it..." "Yes, CTE." "So what happens now?" "We publish, DeKosky is going to co-author." " DeKosky?" " Yes, Omalu DeKosky." "And Cyril Wecht." " Well I'm very proud of you." " Thank you." "See?" "The gray is the right colour." "The Blue shows dirt even in the rain." "Let's go, baby." "Going across..." "Arrgh." " I'm hearing voices" " Are you serious?" "Justin, stop, you're scaring them." "Look at me." "They're telling me to kill you." "They're telling me to kill you." "Get out..." "Don't." "Why, God?" "No..." "All units... black pickup spotted..." "I see him, just passing me." "Reportedly driving into opposite traffic the last 10 miles..." "Oh, my God..." "Pickup has collided." "All units... report." "A few months after Steeler favourite Justin Strzelczyk was killed in that fiery accident," "Yet another Steelers favourite Terry Long, has apparently committed suicide at the age of 45." "Well, Terry, You wondered where they are now, now we know." "Terry Long, Pittsburgh Steelers." "I guess these guys only die when you're working." "What other problems did he have?" "Arrested a few times, fraud, federal theft." "Wow, arrested a lot." "I need a full autopsy, same tests as Mike Webster." " You paying for that too?" " Yes, Danny, I'm paying for that too." "Joseph Maroon." "This is my dream." "The schools are good." "You are good, Prema." "I'm sure you see good in me." "I see all that you are." "I want to marry you." "We can fall in love..." "If you want to marry me, I will marry you." "That is good because I already made the down payment." "I saved all my money and I bought this for you." "Get me Elliot Pellman." "I have Chris Jones for you." "I'm just looking at it." "Anything to be concerned about?" "This Omalu, he's a coroner in Pittsburgh." "He looks like a nobody, but..." "let me get into it." " Hello?" " Is Bennet Omalu there?" "Ah, yes, he is." "Okay, yes?" "I'm a neurologist who's worked around football for years." "Very familiar with the NFL's concussion research." "And the League concluded unequivocally that football players do not get brain damage." "Webster was one random case, Mr. Omalu." " Doctor Omalu." " Well, whatever." "You're an uneducated quack and your career is over." "They said you were uneducated?" "Did they even read your resume?" "Well I got calls too." "Apparently the National Football League owns neuroscience." " Who knew?" " Failure to find absence of clinical information." " What do they want?" " Your head on a spike." "They want you to retract your findings." "They want you to say you made it all up." " I made it up?" " They're accusing you of fraud." "If you retract, you'll be fine." "This all goes away." " Why are they doing this?" " They're terrified of you." "What'd you think they were gonna say? "Thank you"?" " Yes." " What the hell for?" "For being told." "For knowing." "I understand." "You think you're being a good American." "So... the city of Pittsburgh spent $233 million to build their glorious Steelers a new stadium." "All the while they were closing schools, and raising taxes." "These people are not out to change the world." "And this is not some quaint academic discovery stuck in the back of an obscure medical journal." "Bennet Omalu is going to war with a corporation." "That has 20 million people on a weekly basis craving their product." "The same way they crave food." "The NFL owns a day of the week." "The same day the church used to own, now it's theirs." "They're very big." "Terry Long." "His tests came back positive." "Football gave him CTE, and CTE told his brain to drink a gallon of antifreeze and he died." "I told you there would be more." "You have done great work." "No one would blame you if you stopped now." "No one is stopping anything." "Then I'd be lying if I didn't tell you how important your next move is." "By the time Terry Long committed suicide, his brain had been consumed by Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy." "And it is probable, perhaps even likely, that a large percentage of professional football players, have and will die from CTE." "This was the Pittsburgh medical examiner's own, Dr. Bennet Omalu." "Who today threw down the gauntlet at the feet of the National Football League." "Thank you." " What do you think?" " I think you're gonna be an American hero." " I'm not even an American." " Ah, that's even better." "That's so fucking American." "Doctor Maroon, who is also vice chairman of the neuro-surgery department." "At the University of Pittsburghin Medical Centre, said of Omalu's CTE diagnosis:" "That it was fallacious reasoning." " Yes." " Is this Bennet Omalu?" "Doctor Bennet Omalu." "You want to pussify this country?" "You want to vaginise football?" "Get the hell out, or they'll be doing your autopsy." " Dr. Omalu?" " Yes?" "I took you to be an early riser, I didn't want to call you at your office." " This is Julian Bailes, do you know who I am?" " I know who you are." "Mike Webster was a personal friend." "Was he?" "Dr. Omalu, you're in trouble but you're not wrong." "I would like to talk with you." "The NFL has known about this concussion crisis for years." "What you have there is the research, that forms the basis for the league's concussion guidelines." "In this study, some academics put helmets on monkeys," "And shook them real hard, they threw dogs and pigs... and human cadavers down elevator shafts." "Helmets on crash test dummies and bashed them together." "And their conclusion?" ""No striking player experienced neck injury or concussion."" "So a concussion is no more dangerous than a hangnail." " And that was it?" " Oh, no, no, no." "The NFL did what every organization does." "They put together a commission to study the study: "Dr.Elliot Pellman's." "Mild Traumatic Brain committee"." "You know who else was on that committee?" "Dr. Moroon Joe." "Yeah, he was on there, plus a couple of others." "Team doctors, an equipment manager and two trainers." "Guys who tape knees for a living, I mean." "Why am I here, Dr. Bailes?" "Doctor, I'm not with the Steelers anymore." "I'm not with the NFL." "Now..." "Do you know how many Pittsburgh Steelers, just Steelers now, have died in the last few years?" "And I'm not talking about the older guys," "I'm talking about men that I worked with." "And just the ones I know about." "Twelve." "And I don't wanna see any more of these men vanish in the back of a pickup truck." "I know them, I was them." "And I think you're doing this wrong." "As long as the NFL continues to deny the truth, nothing changes." "It's only true if they say it's true." "And they gotta say it out loud." "Get me a meeting with the commissioner." "I want to sit with him man to man, face to face." "I will make him say it out loud." "They don't wanna talk to you." "Football does not want to talk to you." "Like my daddy, a Louisiana Judge always used to say to me: "Son," "God is number one, and football is number two"." "Besides to them, you're not even American, You're not even African American." "You're..." "A doctor?" "Okay." "Look... the league has kept everyone in the dark." "And you turned on the lights and gave their biggest Boogeyman a name." "What's happening now?" "What you think they're doing to you?" "That's nothing." "I've done my own research, on this "NFL Brain Injury Committee"." "You know what Dr. Elliot Pellman is?" "He's a rheumatologist." "He's a specialist in arthritis and joint pain." "Can you tell me, what a rheumatologist knows about the brain and brain disease?" "Corporate men like this, in this country, usually go to Harvard or Yale." "He went to medical school in Guadalajara." " Mexico?" " Yes." "I did not know that." "That's beautiful." "Now, two cases does not meet the scientific burden of proof." "You have to keep going." "Just so you understand, this does not show up on a CT scan." "Which means there is no diagnosis before death." "In order for me to keep going... more have to die." "Unfortunately, that's already happening." "Double D. Did I hear right we're losing you?" "Tapping you for mayor of Chicago?" "Still a long, long road, my friend." "All world killer athlete to civilian to king... all in one lifetime, ladies and gentlemen..." "I give you Mayor Dave Duerson, who has figured it out." " Dave" " Yeah?" "It's me man." "Andre Waters." "How're you doing, man?" "Look, let me walk with you." "It's not good, Dave, not good." "You've seen the paperwork, why's the committee doing this, man?" "There are 5 other trustees, you talk to them?" "You the only one who played, man," "You the only one who knows what it is to be us." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "You and me, we were the same man." "Huh?" "We were bangers, hitmen." "File the appeal." "You denied the appeal, Dave Look, somethings wrong with me man." "I can't sleep, I mean my eyes get crossed It wears me out..." "Hey." " Look at me man." " Jesus!" "Twelve years I payed my dues." "I made millions for those assholes." "Come on, just lend me your money, man." "Just asking back what I gave." "Listen, FAT, stop eating like a pig." "Got a headache?" "See a doctor." "I've seen 20 doctors." "I just need rent money." "Get your shit together." "You used to be a warrior." " You fucking sellout." " Get your hands off me." "I'm Sorry, Dave, I'm sorry." "Look, Hey, Hey, Remember when we were kids?" "Playing's what we live for, huh?" "I need your help..." "Dave, help me." ""Andre Waters, known as "Dirty Water", notorious for his aggressive style of play, and devastating hits that filled highlight reels." "Waters died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head." "He was 44." "And uh, this is the part where he uh..." "He got knocked out." "He said he was alright." "He was maybe just a little dazed, but he said he was alright." "You look well." " How are the kids?" " Kids are fine." "I'm fine." "I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the funeral." "No one made it to the funeral." "He was the sun, we was the planets." "And then, after he give me this card he said: "Mom..." "I'm ready to go."" "Because he knew that people was thinking he was crazy." "Not crazy, he had already become someone else." "You definitely think he had this disease?" "Because I want to believe that." "I believe so, yes." "And now you want what's left of my boy." "You heard about Mike Webster?" "And Terry Long and... and who else?" "What do you really want to ask me, Julian?" "Dr. Cyril Wecht, Dr. Julian Bailes." "Pleasure to meet you." "Andre Waters." "Justin Strzelczyk." "And I just kept sending them back out there." "What the hell were you thinking?" "You gotta be a part of it, you gotta be..." "On the sidelines with them to understand." "Whatever it takes to keep them in the game, To keep the whole thing going." "Tape, Needles, Vicodin, Toradol," "Lidocaine, Percocet," "Lexapro, Zoloft." "Have I left anything out?" "It's Tyres and oil." "It's mechanics trying to keep the cars on the racetrack." "Yeah, well, it's not medicine..." "I don't know what it is." "It's business." " Oh, There you go." " Okay, Okay." "Three cases, is the scientific burden of evidence." "We have 4." "That is far beyond anything." "The NFL can or cannot deny." "This is bigger than they are." "They have to listen to us now." "Dr. Moroon, would you like a drink?" " I said 5 minutes." " He doesn't want a drink." "Your conclusions totally misrepresent the facts." "To say that Webster, Long and Waters were killed by football is just..." "Fallacious reasoning." "Yes, I know." "Where is he going with this?" "Just hear him out." "I would like to propose a formal, controlled study of former and current..." "NFL football players." "We will bring together the greatest minds in America." "To solve the problem." "We should be working together." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "Excuse me?" "I was the president of the congress of neurological surgeons." "And I was the man who performed the autopsies, on Mike Webster" "Terry Long, your men." "Men under your care." "Do you know what Mike Webster's wife said?" "She said, that if she had known that Mike was sick," "She would have done more for him." "But he died." "In disgrace." "Your man." "You took an oath." " Tell the truth." " The truth?" "Tell the truth." "The truth is that the NFL is a blessing and a salvation, my friend." "We employ hundreds of thousands of people." "We send thousands and thousands of poor kids, to school." "The ownership of this football club has donated millions of dollars to countless charities." "Do you want me to go on?" " That won't be necessary." " Oh, it is necessary." "Football is the most popular sport in America." "Because it is so god damn fantastic." "And that, right there..." "That is the beating heart of this city." "And you want to what?" "End it?" "You want to fold up the National Football League?" "I want to solve the problem." "Who are you?" " What are you asking?" " You're a pathologist, you perform autopsies." "Yes, I am a mere pathologist." "That's it, that's all I am." "Do you have any idea the impact of what you're doing?" "Yes, I do." "Do you understand the impact of what you are doing?" "If just 10% of the mothers in America decide that football is too dangerous for their son's to play..." "That is it." "It is the end of football." "Kids," "Colleges and eventually it's just a matter of time, The professional game." "Joe, he does autopsies." "He's not in the outcome business." "He has no business." "Do you know what history does to people?" "Trained physicians who ignore science..." " Oh, wow..." " Sir, I am not done." "History laughs." "If you continue to deny my work, the world will deny my work." "But men, your men... continue to die." "Their families left in ruins." "Tell the truth." "Tell the truth." "You sure, You sure you want to do this?" "I would ask you that same question, Dr. Moroon." "Oh, your study." "I'll get back to you." "Well, that went well." "When I was a boy, growing up in Nigeria..." "Heaven was here... and America was here." "To me it was the place where God sent all of his favorite people." "You could be anything, you could do anything." "Americans were the manifestation of what God wanted us all to be." "I have never wanted anything... as much as I wanted to be accepted as an American." "But Mike Webster goes mad, and nobody asks why." "They make fun of him, they insult him on TV." "And now they want to pretend that his disease does not exist." "And they want to bury me." "It's offensive." "I am offended" "I am the wrong person to have discovered this." "There is no coincidence in this world." "Tell me, what is the statistical probability that you?" "Not just a doctor, but Bennet Omalu... came to America, ended up here," "This rusty place, for you alone to be the one to see this?" "When I arrived in New York..." " I was attacked." " What happened?" "Something that is better left unsaid." "But that man, almost broke me." "I wanted to give up and go back." "But I knew God." "I decided to trust his wisdom." "And I stayed." "And now I am looking at this man..." "An Omalu Onyemalukwubwe." "Your name, it means "If you know..." "You must come forth and speak"." " How did you know that?" " I called your father." " He was pleased to hear from me." " Yes." "I am sure he was." "If you don't speak for the dead, who will?" "You are of the Igbo tribe, Bennet." "When you have the truth, the thing you are told you cannot do is the thing you must do." "Embrace that, and nothing created by man can bring you down." "Omalu's gone to the press now, listen to this." ""After examining the remains of former National Football League player Andre Waters, a neuropathologist in Pittsburgh, Dr. Bennet Omalu is claiming..." "That Mr. Waters had sustained brain damage from playing football, and he says... that led to his depression and ultimate death." "It gets worse." "Dr. Julian Bailes," "Medical Director for the Centre for the Study of Retired Athletes, and the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery... of West Virginia University said:" ""Unfortunately, I'm not shocked."" "There's more Omalu and more Bailes." "Bailes." "Why do I know that name?" "Steeler's Team Doctor, Neurologist for the Players Association." " Wow..." " Yeah, Wow." "The Times is calling it a potential epidemic." "Paul..." "It's not the sports section, not science." "It's A1, front page, New York Times." "Apparently, the commissioner has been yearning for years... to go back to his litigator... since Paul Tagliabue announced that he would retire... in July, after nearly 17 years..." "Prized, The most lucrative and stabilizing reign, perhaps in the history." "Football at the NFL owners meeting in O'Doherty..." "There's a new sheriff in town." "His name is Roger Goodell." "What I'm here to do now is protect the shield." "The NFL isn't just a sports league." "It's an entertainment product." "America's Game." "I want us to go on enjoying..." "Allegheny County Coroner..." "Sure, one second." "It's Dr. Julian Bailes." " Yes, yeah." " Here he is." " Julian" " Hey, Turn on the TV." "Yes, I'm watching." "You asked for a face to face with the Commissioner..." "Man to Man?" "Goodell and the NFL are asking for a concussion summit." "A full presentation in Chicago next week." "They heard you, you have your shot." "Julian..." "Why don't you throw in some football stuff?" "Some non-medical terms, things we'd say." "Why do I need to say things they'd say?" "I thought I was here for the other reason." "You have what?" "7 or 8 degrees?" "You're one of the smartest people they'll ever meet..." "You know what?" "You're gonna be fine..." "How about you?" "How will you be?" "You know, it is a mindless, violent game." "And then it's Shakespeare." "I mean to me, it's like life that way." "And I know you can't see how... exciting, and beautiful all that is, and I don't blame you." "But what I'm trying to tell you is..." "This is not fun for me." "All of the people we're gonna see tomorrow, I know them personally." "And that feeling you have when someone you love and admire, screws you over..." "They're gonna have that feeling..." "Because of me." "And there's not a damn thing I can do about it." " Hey" " We have to talk." "What's wrong?" "There is no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to say it." "They're not going to let you speak." "What?" "They don't even want you in the room." "They want me to do it." " One of their own." " One of their own." " So they want to pretend..." " that you don't even exist, that's right..." " They still have to sit and listen." " To you." " Yes, you blew up their whole world." " And yours, Julian." "Yes, mine." "Because how can it be possible, that some African Voodoo Doctor could understand this subject better than them." "Or even better than you." "Wait a second, you think this is about Bennet Omalu?" "I'm not here because of you, I'm here because people are dying." "You are here for redemption." "You are here to use me to cleanse your sins." "You self-righteous bastard." "Do you have any idea what I could have?" "How much I could have?" "If I went back to my side of the ball and just kept my mouth shut." "Everything in my world is telling me not to agree with you, except one." "Science." "So, here I am." "Up here beside you, not down there in that audience with them." "What more can I do to prove myself to you?" "I am sorry." "Convince them, Julian." "You know, my father can't remember a god damn thing." "He never played a day of football." "He was too busy working in a factory, you quack." "I beg your pardon?" "You take your bullshit science and go back to Africa." "And get away from our game." "What happened?" "Roger Goodell just said that Justin Strzelczyk." "May have got his concussion swimming." " In a swimming pool." " That, That's insanity." "This whole thing was staged." "They needed to say they heard us so they could god damn bury us." "The science means nothing to them." "This is an important day, in the National Football League..." "We've had some very good dialogue," "Which will help us improve the care for our players." "What do you think when you hear about former NFL players suffering from symptoms that has only been seen in boxers and people that are over 80 years old?" "I mean what does that say about the effects of concussions on players?" "I'm not a doctor here, but you have to look at their entire medical history." "This is an evolving science, and that's okay." "While I agree with the commissioner, no empirically determined proof was presented today, because there simply isn't any." "Because according to the NFL's own numbers half of all players with concussions are sent back into the same game." "Including some who were actually knocked out cold." "Ira Casson, was head of a team of NFL doctors who had looked into the issue, and determined that the concern over head injuries was overblown." "Is there any evidence, as far as you're concerned... that links multiple head injuries among pro football players with... depression?" "No." " With Dementia?" " No." " With early onset of Alzheimer's?" " No." "Is there any evidence as of today that links." "Multiple head injuries with any long term problem like that?" " In NFL players?" " Yeah." "No." "Hey little one." "This is your father." "I am in deep shit." "I have not done anything wrong... but I am being punished." "It might not be so nice, when you get out here." "You are still with God." "Please ask him to help me." "It's alright, it's okay..." " What is this?" " This is the FBI." "Apparently I'm being relieved of my duties." "What?" "I don't understand." "Dr. Wecht has been indicted on 84 federal counts including..." "Please Tex, let me at least have the joy of telling him." "I'm being indicted on 84 federal counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud, other related of fences." "Arising out of my use of government resources, to advance my private practice." "Including but not limited to:" "Mileage vouchers, misuse of office stationary, and my personal use of the fax machine." " Faxes?" " Yeah." "They could not have come up with something this stupid in Nigeria." "This man has been a public servant for decades." "Cyril." "Have you ever performed any private services on county time?" "Have I?" "Apparently we've both hurt the government's feelings." "Are you referring to the death row case?" "Where I used my personal time." "We don't want you, Dr. Omalu." "But we can have you." " And what does that mean?" " That means they want your testimony." " Against you?" " Yes." "I understand." "You are attacking him, to get to me." "I know." "This is because his name is on my research." "What research is that?" "I will resign first." "In which case your immigration status will be revised." "Since your status requires full-time employment." "Then I will get another job in another city." " That would be fine." "Bennet..." "All I asked, is that if you did this, we both came out okay." "Not professional ruination." "Whoever..." "Whatever takes over from me..." "They're gonna want the CTE information, you know that." "What if they show up here with a warrant?" "On suspicion of what?" "Science?" "Ah, on suspicion of bullshit." "We got screwed..." "You didn't deserve it." "You know the worst part?" "How easy it was." "Cyril, they are not going to make me say... one word against you." "What are you gonna say?" ""Cyril Wecht's a loud-mouthed asshole"?" "I don't care, I'm tired." "My balls are low." "I didn't do good enough by you." "Cyril..." "I can not go back to Nigeria." "Everything that I am is here." "My child has got to be born in America." "Don't worry, I'll get you a job." "You can work with me in the prison laundry." "Call the surgeon." "We need a god damned drink." "I solved the problem." "All the have to do is put on the side of the helmet," ""The Surgeon General has determined that playing football is hazardous to your health."" "You gotta put it on both sides of the helmet." "Did you know that Paul Tagliabue, this is the former commissioner Tagliabue..." "Did you know that Paul was a partner at Covington  Burling?" "Which is the same law firm that represented the Big 7 Tobacco companies." " Course he was." " And now they're representing the National Football League." "Of course they do." "In my last year with the Steelers," "We moved a game from a Sunday to a Tuesday because of a blizzard." "And the league said that they weren't concerned about the ratings, because the league was immune from acts of God." "Bennet!" "Bennet!" "I'm so sorry, there's no heartbeat." "May, May we have the room?" "Please, Excuse us, thank you." "I am so sorry." "I am sorry that our baby's dead." "This is my fault." "I wish I'd never met Mike Webster." "They destroyed us." "And I don't understand why it is happening this way." "Bennet, listen to me." "Do you know what I chose to fake?" "You." " We will have this family." " Yes, we will." "Just not here." "We have to go." "Hello, Mr Omalu?" "Doctor Omalu." "I just need the measurements for the flat screens." "That won't be necessary." "Tell me what happened to you, Jose." "Tell me." "It's going to be okay." "My mind keeps slipping." "I can't seem to find the damn words no more." "What?" "Yeah Yeah Yeah." "I just can't do this, I'm sorry." " Yes?" " Bennet it's Julian." "Dave Duerson killed himself today." "He shot himself in the chest, in the heart." "Hold on, Hold on." " Oh My God." " He left a note." "He wants his brain to be donated, to be examined." "They said that we were right." "Bennet, are you there?" "Yes, Yes, I'm here." "A Pro-Bowler in that deep with NFL leadership, killing himself in the way he killed himself." "They can't explain this one away." "Players are gonna want to hear from you now." "Trying to find the..." "I don't know what to say to them." "Tell them what's really happening." "Hello." "A small boy came to me... and said, Mister, why do you hate football?" "I said I don't hate football." "He said: "Yes, my father said you hate football."" "I said, "You tell your father to come see me."" "My wife watches the games." "And she will scream and she will jump." "She startles me, a lot." "But through her eyes I can see the beauty, and the grace..." "The power." "I said to her that I wished I'd never met Mike Webster." "But that was before I knew him." "He has given me a great gift." "A dangerous gift." "The gift of knowing." "When a man is a soldier, he knows what is at risk." "He may be injured or even killed." "But when a man is a football player," "He knows he may break his arm, or his leg." "He does not know that he can lose his mind." "His family, his money." "His life." "They have to know." "Mike Webster, Justin Strzelczyk" "Terry Long, Andre Waters," "Dave Duerson." "By Dying..." "They speak for the living." "And I speak for them." "That is all I do." "Forgive them." "Forgive Yourselves." "Be at peace." "Commissioner Goodell, is there a link between playing professional football and the likelihood of contracting a brain related injury," "Such as dementia, Alzheimer's, depression, or CTE?" "We are doing everything we possibly can for our players." "I just asked you a simple question." "What's the answer?" "It sort of reminds me of the tobacco companies," "Pre 90's, when they kept saying:" ""No, there is no link between smoking and damage to your health, or ill health effects."" "And they were forced to admit that that was incorrect through a spate of litigation in the 1990's.." "And my question to you is..." "We have heard from the NFL time and time again." "You're always studying, you're always trying." " You're hopeful..." "I wanna know," " Son of a bitch." "What are you doing in the negotiations that are going on now to deal with this problem and other problems related to the injuries that football players obtain, and it's impact on their health?" "You did all this." "I know my time is drawing to a close, but let me just say this to Mr. Goodell and everybody who is here today, that I think that it's time Congress..." " First time in Washington?" " Ah, yes." "Well, we're thrilled you accepted our invitation." "I was very curious." "Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, DC means you would also consult with the CIA and FBI, and any foreign government requesting the assistance of the United States Government." "Essentially, you are America's forensic pathologist." "Wouldn't have to put on scrubs, perform an autopsy." "You're beyond all that now." "Would you like to hear about the benefits package?" "No, I mean, I'm sure it's fine." "We know everything you did, Dr. Omalu." "You exemplify everything it is to be an American." "You belong here with us, in the nations capital." "Why don't you take a couple of days and think about it?" "Let's go." "You." "On the ball." "Bring it back, huddle up." "Get him, get him, get him." "Tragic loss for the family and fans of former Chargers star Junior Seau, after he was found dead in his ocean-side home." "Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight." "Junior Seau's death is being investigated as a suicide." "Police say his girlfriend reported finding him with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest..." "Tonight there's widespread shock and disbelief over the sudden death."