ISU Blog Post #5

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2015/05/20/11930202/adebayor-considered-suicide-many-times-over-family-issues

Why I chose this piece?

I chose this piece because it relates to my book incredibly well as the oldest member of the family Stefan was also a star athlete just as Adebayor is and was also under a lot of pressure from home and school maybe not because of money like Adebayor but for different issues such as home, school, sports, and expectations that caused him to think about suicide as well. But unlike Adebayor he never talked to anyone about his potential problems.

How it relates to my social issue?

It relates to my social issue of death and family relations because both Adebayor and Stefan were under intense pressure from their families, Adebayor for his family’s financial state and Stefan because of his family, social and sports related pressures. If Stefan had talked about his problems with someone just as Adebayor would have done he would have still been alive right now and recounting this just as Adebayor is doing. Stefan would have just like Adebayor made it into to the big leagues for hockey as Adebayor is in the big leagues for soccer. Also unlike Adebayor Stefan didn’t leave any notes to his brothers or parents or even his friends which may have helped them know the reason for him to commit suicide. "I know people would relate to my story and others would learn from it.” Says Adebayor which is totally agreeable and would have been the same with Stefan if he hadn't resorted to suicide as the way out. Stefan's suicide led to even more family problems which was the main cause for the start of these problems. The mother and father going into states of depression at times and the younger son Jace is forced to take care of the younger brother with CDD and things just go down from there,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-DW65nn6g

A short documentary on the suicides in sports and if you have time is great to watch. It really connects as it describes all the causes and is just really insightful and just is minblowing. You have to watch it to understand.