I think Jonah Lomu also could have made the switch. American Football is all about high speed contact and bursts of 100% speed. Rugby is about lasting endurance and playing at 80% for a long cconsistent about of time."Everyone's fresh," Branch said. "So the question is whether they want to keep the guys that Mike (Holmgren) and Tim got here, or do they go in a different direction? The only thing I'll say is I want to be a part of (the new Seahawks). But if they decide to go in a different direction, I understand that too.".

"This is the first union and industry program of its kind and it's the first that recognizes the burden the disease puts on families," said LouEllen Barkan, president and chief executive of the New York Alzheimer's Association. On Thursday, that group will honor Upshaw and Henderson as well as Sylvia Mackey and Dr. Eleanor Perfetto, wife of Ralph Wenzel, the only other former player who has been publicly identified as part