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From: Jagfan	8/22/2005 8:18:24 PM
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Super-sizing NFL is recipe for disaster Too many players are at weights that just can't be healthy for them More on NFL By Jim Litke Associated Press columnist Updated: 3:30 p.m. ET Aug. 22, 2005 Common sense and science have been warning for some time that we’re pushing athletes toward the limits of size, speed and toughness without regard for how they get there, or stay there. Even so, there remains no shortage of kids willing to risk everything for the opportunity. By most accounts, 23-year-old Thomas Herrion was one of those. The cause of Herrion’s death won’t be determined until toxicology tests are completed, usually about three to six weeks. He was listed as a 6-foot-3, 310-pound guard, but estimates of his playing weight by teammates and coaches at some of Herrion’s stops often added between 10 and 30 pounds. That sounds big — too big to be healthy, according to some medical experts — but it’s just about average for NFL lineman these days. The story of how that came to be could haunt the league for years to come. msnbc.msn.com

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