The family of Junior Seau is reconsidering its decision to allow researchers to study his brain for signs of damage caused by concussions suffered during his 20-year NFL career, Chargers team chaplain Shawn Mitchell said Sunday.

Mitchell said Sunday that the family, which is of Samoan descent, is consulting with a group of elders on a number of matters.

He says it doesn't necessarily mean that the family won't donate Seau's brain for research.

"They really want to do everything right," Mitchell says.

Mitchell previously told Reuters on Saturday of the family's thinking.

Garrett Webster, the administrator and player liaison for the Brain Injury Research Institute, which studies the impact of concussions, said his group has requested the family donate the brain but hasn't heard back.