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The only way to put this into context for the younger folks on BP is to imagine if Troy Smith was jailed for compulsive gambling. Schlichter had as much going for him as Troy, maybe even more in the Columbus area.
It is unfathomable to think his life has come to this and very saddening to anyone who was around Ohio State in his era.
He was a champion, maybe he can draw on that in this most important battle he wages. Addiction to gambling has now been linked to genetics, high monoamine oxidase levels in the brain, and to abnormally high optimum stimulation levels. It is truly a sickness.
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