49ers LB Chris Borland to retire

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Nah, boxing has worldwide appeal and can draw from a global talent pool, most importantly it gives smaller men featherweight/welterweight a sport they can excel at against people their own size. That is a talent pool no other sport really draws from, so it will always have the smaller guys to fall back on.


The heavyweight division in boxing is devoid of top tier American talent because all the kids that are the size of modern heavys are in the NBA/NFL. The NFL cannot afford to have it's talent pool decrease, because it's only drawing from 1 region.

Man you dont hear the same for rugby, or hockey, or any other contact sport. maybe they will get the talent from these rugby nations...

i dont know but football will be ok if these billionaires step up to the plate and hand out guaranteed contracts, have people preach safe tackling techniques, spend more on research/equipment, etc. Cities love their teams. Nfl is an everyday thing now. The ball is in their court
 

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I swear you hardcore nfl dudes are sociopaths pretending that there isn't a problem in the nfl or being irreverent about it because it entertains you. :scust:

Cats like trip can keep their hand in the sand but the bottom line is the nfl is fukked

Eventually the top athletes will go to other sports and it will go the way of boxing where the 4th and 5th tier athletes who weren't good enough to play the other sports will play it and extremely poor kids who have no other options

In 10 years thd NFL product will be so awful and watered down

Everyone knows the risks of participating in a contact sport. No one has their head in the sand. You keep saying eventually...but let me know when it happens.
 

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Now who else wanna fukk with Hollywood Court?
Man you dont hear the same for rugby, or hockey, or any other contact sport. maybe they will get the talent from these rugby nations...

i dont know but football will be ok if these billionaires step up to the plate and hand out guaranteed contracts, have people preach safe tackling techniques, spend more on research/equipment, etc. Cities love their teams. Nfl is an everyday thing now. The ball is in their court


Nah, rugby has concussion concerns as well, but Rugby players suffer less head trauma & concussions than NFL players, the problem is that the helmets amplify the impacts and people are generally more reckless when they have a helmet on.

They might need to ditch the helmets in the long run, take it back to them leather joints and you can bet the concussions per season drop.
 

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Borland did some research and was like :damn:, 'you ain't gonna kill me Roger :ufdup:'
 

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49ers don't own shyt, the Raiders ended your season last year and the Harbough era :umad:
They own the punk Raiders that is for sure. Be happy with your first win against the 49ers in what? How many years? :mjlol: When the last time ya'll went to the playoffs? Ludacris was a top rapper the last time ya'll was relevant. Season was over after we blew a 17-0 against the Bears. Harbaugh coached like a c*nt this past season.
 

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this dude went to OTL before telling the Niners? lame...
 

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fukk it...this season is already over before it started. Who should we take in the 2016 draft brehs? I'm thinking DL with our first pick:mjcry:
If they play well don't come back in the thread acting like you knew that they were going to be good. I'm skeptical about this season primarily because of the OC. The defense is still good despite missing three players. If the offense is just good. The season won't be lost.
 

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Way to see totally miss the big picture

Nobody said the nfl will now get no ratings where talking 10 years down the line when the top tier athletes are not playing it and the product gets extremely watered down
Why is it people swear they know the future. Just because a few injury prone players retired? Borland is the only one that up and retired because of fear of his health.. I doubt the NFL will be watered down in 10 years. As long as there is a Jaheim, Pookie and Lil Ray Ray. Talent aint never going to be lost.
 

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Man you dont hear the same for rugby, or hockey, or any other contact sport. maybe they will get the talent from these rugby nations...

i dont know but football will be ok if these billionaires step up to the plate and hand out guaranteed contracts, have people preach safe tackling techniques, spend more on research/equipment, etc. Cities love their teams. Nfl is an everyday thing now. The ball is in their court

Tackling technics won't prevent concussions
 

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They own the punk Raiders that is for sure. Be happy with your first win against the 49ers in what? How many years? :mjlol: When the last time ya'll went to the playoffs? Ludacris was a top rapper the last time ya'll was relevant. Season was over after we blew a 17-0 against the Bears. Harbaugh coached like a c*nt this past season.

Y'all had 4 years of relevancy, but you seem to forget the 9ers were exactly where the raiders were before then.... and what did the 49ers accomplished in that time? I'll wait. Y'all aint above us, yall are back to the bottom with Ron Jeremy as your head coach :mjlol:
 

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Y'all had 4 years of relevancy, but you seem to forget the 9ers were exactly where the raiders were before then.... and what did the 49ers accomplished in that time? I'll wait. Y'all aint above us, yall are back to the bottom with Ron Jeremy as your head coach :mjlol:

hmm, yeah you may be right...lemme think about that

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It's not even the injuries that's gonna fukk up the nfl, it's the lack of ROI and the pure fukk moves these teams pull. The contracts are so garbage, no guarantees, shytty rookie deals that lead to you getting franchised or left out in the cold like Murray...you don't have a chance to really earn shyt til 3-5 years into your career only for you to be forced to restructure by year 2 of your big deal...the fukk. No point of scrambling your brains for $600k a year, now if they had some nba contracts, that might make someone reconsider, at least stick it out to 28/29 :ld:


And the callers into the radio today disgusted me, "I want players willing to risk life, limb, and eyesight playing on my team" ....um, you need to get a damn life
 

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Y'all had 4 years of relevancy, but you seem to forget the 9ers were exactly where the raiders were before then.... and what did the 49ers accomplished in that time? I'll wait. Y'all aint above us, yall are back to the bottom with Ron Jeremy as your head coach :mjlol:

We were down about 8 years after having 15 years straight of winning seasons. What has the Raiders done the last 20 years besides get washed in the Super Bowl in 2002? shyt what have the Raiders done in the last damn 30 years? :mjlol: Like I said, it the fans from the most shyttiest teams that have so much to say. :russ: Raiders wish they had the 49ers success.
 

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punk move? :what:

dog, let me just tell you that i have had multiple severe brain injuries and im starting to see the effects come into fruition. believe me when i tell you there is nothing scarier than not being the person who youve always been, when just a year ago it was all good. thoughts like hurting yourself(which i never thought of before, shyt is cowardly to me.), forgetting shyt like pin #'s, social security #'s, not wanting to be in social settings anymore, the anxiety, etc. i literally just came from the neurologist and the symptoms i have are a result of all that damage i endured. the shyt makes me upset even thinking about it because theres no absolutely nothing that can be done to treat it. and i just turned 25 years old.

its very easy to call this a punk move when you yourself are not dealing with the issue personally. shyt hall of famer harry carson just said on the michael kay show he would of never played if he had the education then, that they do now. im happy for this dude, and pray he didnt do enough damage before its too late.

if you have never had a health scare, you don't realize how fragile life is and how it can change in a second
 
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