Dylan Hernández: Max Tuerk's parents view football differently after learning son had CTE
They were once like everyone else, gathering with family members and friends to watch the most-viewed sporting event in this country. They were a football family, their son a standout offensive lineman at USC who went on to play in the NFL. That was before. Before their son's mental health deteriorated. Before their son's death. Before they received evidence of what football did to their son's ...
They were once like everyone else, gathering with family members and friends to watch the most-viewed sporting event in this country.
They were a football family, their son a standout offensive lineman at USC who went on to play in the NFL.
That was before.
Before their son's mental health deteriorated. Before their son's death. Before they received evidence of what football did to their son's brain.
The Super Bowl will be played Sunday and the parents of the late Max Tuerk won't be watching.
"Absolutely not," said Greg Tuerk, Max's father.
Max died on a hike in June 2020, an autopsy later revealing his heart was enlarged. The Trabuco
