Chris Borland, "Football can't be saved..."

[jadillac]

Ex-49ers LB Chris Borland doesn't think football can be saved

Just a few tidbits I thought jumped out:

The NFL surprised Borland with a drug test after he retired

The timing of this request was certainly curious, especially because Borland had made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that he would not be returning to football. Borland, knowing that his name might be sullied if he refused to take the test, agreed, but also had an independent test conducted.

"I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist," he says. "I just wanted to be sure." Borland agreed to submit a urine sample to the NFL's representative, who drove in from Green Bay and administered the test in the Wisconsin trainer's room. Then he hired a private firm for $150 to test him independently. Both tests came back negative, according to Borland.

"I don't really trust the NFL," he says.

Borland was more hurt in college than he let on
Borland created a reputation at Wisconsin for being one of the toughest players in football, and that's before anyone knew anything about his life off the field. He once had a teammate who had to wake him up through the night out of fear he'd lapse into a coma.

Borland admitted he has trouble even watching football. And though he has the utmost respect for his former coaches, he won't lend them a hand.

Wisconsin liberally administered painkillers

Borland had to frequently use a substance called "Toradol" to keep performing at a high level on the field, and used it more often than perhaps he should have. At one point his college career, he was using it every other game.

Frequently injured teammate Mike Taylor used it even more.

Wisconsin wouldn't say much for the story, beyond a generic statement that said players are allowed to return once they've been cleared as "fit" to return and that Toradol usage was "closely monitored."

The NFL has "fall guys"
Apart from his worries about trauma, Borland also disliked certain aspects of player culture.

"Get yourself a fall guy," Borland says one of the former players advised. The former player, whom Borland declined to name, told the rookies that if they ran into legal trouble, their designated 
fall guy would be there to take the blame and, if necessary, go to jail. "'We'll bail him out,'" Borland says the former player assured them.

Borland was appalled. "I was just sitting there thinking, 'Should I walk out? What am I supposed to do?' " he recalls. He says he didn't leave the room because he didn't want to cause a scene, but the incident stayed with him.

He also said he's gonna have to get a job to pay back money to the 49ers since he retired abruptly.

 

[GunRanger]

Yeah, how ever will white people save a multi-billion dollar industry they've loved for 60 years :unsatisfied:

 

[Taadow]

not even by Creflo Dollar?

 

[PortCityProphet]

He sound like an up and up sheltered hoe
Being punked into taking a piss test for a league he has 0 interest in playing for, for the sake of his name what name muafukka? Nobody remembers you
Was surprised about folk having a cat on the team to take a fall? Fool you the money always have someone to protect the money

 

[That Good 510]

bytch ass should of quit before the combine, wasted a fukkin draft pick on this p*ssy

 

[jadillac]

Yeah, how ever will white people save a multi-billion dollar industry they've loved for 60 years :unsatisfied:

I think Football overall is safe just b/c of what it offers.

It provides a hope/dream of a better life to alot of less fortunate Black kids and their families. If you think about it, basketball only allows 12-15 kids per team. Football is 45-50 kids, even more on college rosters, almost all of whom are on scholaship and many have dreams of going pro.


The potential reward can outweighs the risk....whereas a white guy like Borland from who prob didn't grow up poor, sees it the other way.

Now if the economic conditions in America ever evened up between Blacks/whites, then yeah football could be in serious trouble.


But maybe that's all part of "the mans" plan

 

[Animal House]

Well I hate to say it but football is a barbaric sport and dangerous. My cousin played in the nfl and even won heismen, and sad the same thing


Its a risk/reward but also a way out for a lot of black men

 

[Brozay]

Well I hate to say it but football is a barbaric sport and dangerous. My cousin played in the nfl and even won heismen, and sad the same thing


Its a risk/reward but also a way out for a lot of black men

@ casually mentioning your cousin won the Heisman

 

[Rick Roller 10]

Butch made fakkit.

 

[FS4LFE]

bytch ass should of quit before the combine, wasted a fukkin draft pick on this p*ssy

Don't worry you're getting the #1 pick next year.

 

[Animal House]

@ casually mentioning your cousin won the Heisman

Im proud of my nikka
Mike Rozier

 

[31Flavors]

Well I hate to say it but football is a barbaric sport and dangerous. My cousin played in the nfl and even won heismen, and sad the same thing


Its a risk/reward but also a way out for a lot of black men

Who is your cousin Nikka?

You can't just mention something like that in passing and not elaborate

 

[Schmoove]

Who?

 

[Tide Run This]

Im proud of my nikka
Mike Rozier

 

[yseJ]

fukk this dude for bouncing after one year