It sounds silly, but with all these football coaches losing control...and not just sexually:

[link to msn.foxsports.com]

Eventually, with the help of a Taser, police were able to take Garnett into custody, but it seems the fun didn’t stop there. Police say Garnett’s uncooperative behavior continued at the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries.

“Garnett tried to kick a camera out of the hands of an officer who was trying to document the assistant high school football coach’s injuries, police said,” the Hour reports.

“He also repeatedly called one officer a child, according to police. A doctor said he would have to administer sedatives to Garnett if his unruly behavior continued, and Garnett agreed to calm down, police said. Still, he harassed a group of male nurses, telling them, ‘You must be a real Tommy Toughnuts,’ according to police.”

Sounds like a very,very stupid drunk, but it could very well be a symptom of what used to be a rare condition:


[link to www.mayoclinic.com]

Frontotemporal dementia (frontotemporal lobar degeneration) is an umbrella term for a diverse group of uncommon disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain — the areas generally associated with personality, behavior and language.

In frontotemporal dementia, portions of these lobes atrophy or shrink. Signs and symptoms vary, depending upon the portion of the brain affected. Some people with frontotemporal dementia undergo dramatic changes in their personality and become socially inappropriate, impulsive or emotionally indifferent, while others lose the ability to use and understand language

And that is exactly what football players get. Drinking just makes it worse:

[link to blog.alz.org]


But, this year was different. There was an incident with the TSA airport security that almost took them both down – literally. Her husband, proudly wearing his Super Bowl ring and trademark cowboy hat, refused to remove these items and place them on the conveyor belt to be scanned. In his mind, he did not understand that there had been a 9/11, he did not understand why they did not recognize him, and ultimately he thought they were trying to rob him of his precious possessions.

As John grew more frustrated with the TSA agents who, unaware of his diagnosis, thought he was just being a belligerent traveler, the agents grew increasingly irritated and finally tackled him but not after chasing the six-foot two-inch 220-pound former football player who dragged the agents several feet through the airport until several more agents joined in, handcuffed him and took him off to jail.