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"Borland went straight to the bar and ordered a vodka and lemonade. "I'm just watching car crashes; I don't even see the game," Jeff says. Chris Borland knows firsthand all about the challenges of early retirement, having stepped away from a promising football career after one year because of concerns over head injuries.Instead of playing in front of boisterous crowds on the big NFL stage, Borland spends his time now helping other football players and military veterans make that adjustment to their new lives that often lack the thrill and competitiveness of life in the armed forces or professional sports. "This is going to be a weird day for you," Stern told Borland as he began a day of testing on April 30 at the Boston University School of Medicine.Bolted to the front of the redbrick building was a metal sign that read: TRUTH ABOVE EVERYTHING.

What are the risks?' Via ESPN’s Outside The Lines, Borland says he’s calling it quits after one season due to concerns over the long-term impact of head injuries. Both tests came back negative, according to Borland.It's tempting to draw parallels between Borland and Meggyesy, both of whom reject the NFL's easy narrative of cartoon violence and heroic sacrifice.

Meggyesy said Borland informed him about a month ago that he probably would retire because of health concerns.

The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. I guess the coaches had trust in me." The question is how far their son will be willing to go. I know it seems like a really brief career. ""Get yourself a fall guy," Borland says one of the former players advised. I just want to be honest. In the fall semester of his senior year alone, Borland put in 125 hours at local hospitals and schools, according to Kayla Gross, who organized volunteer work for Badgers athletes. I don't think it's black-and-white quite yet." Then he hired a private firm for $150 to test him independently. The Eagles head coach is back at work, the team announced Wednesday, after missing the last 10 days due to COVID-19.T.Y. "Soooo," Fetzer said. His participation in concussion research has become a big part of his journey to find a meaningful role for himself after football.

He shuttled him to camps and handed out highlight DVDs to recruiters.Bret Bielema, now at Arkansas, was the coach at Wisconsin when Borland showed up at a camp in Madison. For Chris Borland, the low point came after he left the game.

"Borland played through the apparent concussion, but he was profoundly affected. "I was just sitting there thinking, 'Should I walk out?

"Borland said the decision was actually simple as he weighed the potential repercussions of a long career. he said finally. Rain, pouring out of slate clouds, lashed the Firth of Clyde and the deep green hills, but everything was somehow cast in an unearthly glow.The night before, Borland had been out drinking in Dublin. "Chris, are you in the hospital?" It's an American pastime, but it's hurting people. "He made it clear that he was going to go all-out, and give it everything he had, for one more season, and I think he did that," said Jeff Borland, a walk-on linebacker and scout-team player at Miami of Ohio in the 1970s.Despite his growing misgivings, Chris Borland had a breakout season. "That kind of thing happens a lot to Borland. For the Niners, a trying offseason takes another unexpected turn. "I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist," he says. And you are going to have to answer it. "I don't dislike football," he insists. Now, Borland is retiring, too. I'm the human representation of the conflict in their mind. On one side was a list of all of Borland's accomplishments. According to Borland, Stern told him that he could already have brain damage "that might manifest later"; damage that could worsen as a result of "a thousand or 1,500 hits every fall for 10 years." I don't think they're completely irresponsible. Had Borland stayed in football, he would have been a big part of the 49ers' fall story; you could have written it in your sleep. But it became harder and harder for Taylor to stay on the field. During the course of a 16-game season, everybody in the end is injured. In a statement on Monday, 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said Borland's decision was unexpected. Whether you agree with him or not, the effect is like stepping into a different reality.Shortly after he retired, Borland was invited to attend the National Summit on Sports Concussion in Los Angeles. Borland had been amazed at the reaction to his decision, the implications of which many saw as a direct threat to the NFL. An unknown when he arrived, he left as the Big Ten defensive player of the year. Can't believe what you just did!'

And it got to the point, with his head, where there was just too much stupid going on. Instead of announcing Borland's retirement, the team sent him a bill -- an unsubtle reminder that he'd have to return most of his $617,436 signing bonus if he followed through. "In addition to Borland's health concerns, the letter laid out his "lofty" goals for what turned out to be his first and last season. Borland responded, laughing.

It's a game.