26 y/o Ravens linesman retires 2 days after CTE report released

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He never wanted to play anyway

We(Ravens fans) all saw this coming

Dude rode the bench for 3 years collecting checks but when it was his turn to start he retired

I just wish he did it back in February before free agency or the draft instead of waiting til the day training camp started like a bytch
sounds a like a smart guy to me :ehh:
But I see how it sucks for a ravens fan though....
 

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And this is the sport nikkaz are so eager to play.

I remember cats used to leave college early, just to make the league minimum, which was ౩ or 4 hundred thousand.


You got family with their hands out, lookin at you like:mjgrin: because of your 400k contract, which is more like 275k after taxes, and your weekly paycheck is 16k and some change for 17 weeks. Many of them spend all that money up and are basically broke during the off season:scust:
 

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He never wanted to play anyway

We(Ravens fans) all saw this coming

Dude rode the bench for 3 years collecting checks but when it was his turn to start he retired

I just wish he did it back in February before free agency or the draft instead of waiting til the day training camp started like a bytch

fukk how you feel as a fan, overly invested ass nikka...It's just a damn game....This man is smart and avoided permanent brain damage that would've caused him life long complications or an untimely death.
 

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He never wanted to play anyway

We(Ravens fans) all saw this coming

Dude rode the bench for 3 years collecting checks but when it was his turn to start he retired

I just wish he did it back in February before free agency or the draft instead of waiting til the day training camp started like a bytch

Sounds like what owners do.

Salute to the breh for getting a small win.
 

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I hate the fact I'm no longer rocket fire smart as I was prior to finishing college. Played until I was 28...my last game I came off a season killing ankle injury to play a playoff game and because of it, took the hardest hit to the side of my head I ever had in my football playing life. My right eye refused to focus straight for about 5 minutes. Hung it up after that but wonder if that hit has lingering effects.

My ass got rocked. :to:
 

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But but you have stories to tell your kid



I hate the fact I'm no longer rocket fire smart as I was prior to finishing college. Played until I was 28...my last game I came off a season killing ankle injury to play a playoff game and because of it, took the hardest hit to the side of my head I ever had in my football playing life. My right eye refused to focus straight for about 5 minutes. Hung it up after that but wonder if that hit has lingering effects.

My ass got rocked. :to:
 

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The older I get the more I realize football is a flat out stupid sport.. And I can no longer support watching the destruction of young black men all being egged on by white coaches to destroy their minds in the name of "scoring a touchdown" ...and if they don't are being told things like they aren't "tough" and aren't a real man...all while being paid pennies on the dollar

I don't give a shyt if Kapernick gets a job or not but add my name to the boycott list ..straight up

good. Hope you feel the same way with boxing.
 

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Seems like a really smart dude, looks like education wise he gonna be okay


But players retire everyday b
With a lot more being after training camp
 

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In highschool I played with a kid who kept getting head injuries. I specifically remember breh getting a concusion in a game, and literally crying walking off the field. Said his vision was fukked up he had blurry vision and the worst headache he'd ever had. Breh sat for the rest of the game, chilled over the weekend and was at full practice Monday and played Friday. He got chewed out on the regular after that for playing "soft". We was 16-17 year old kids and unless you had a leg or arm/shoulder injury, you was expected to "tough it out". I can't even look at this game the same anymore knowing that while the star players are paid well, the guys who are in the league for the avg 3 years may be unable to live as a functional adult. If you're playing through peewee, middle, or high school, you're hitting/tackling for at least 3-5 months out of the year every year. From 7-8 years old to 16-17. No way there isn't at least some sort of damage from that.
 
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