ILB, Chris Borland, Wisconsin

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by leakyfausett:
No longer on the team no longer needed in NT in fact no longer a need to talk about.

that would help in regards to me no longer posting on this and getting all repissed off when i think how i think he used us and,,,, never mind, yes move it please

Well the Gore thread was moved and he was a real niner. For those defending Borland I am fine with his choice but he knew before he started playing in the NFl that he was going to have a short career and that should have been known to teams during the interview process. Oh you do not retire after one year you quit and that real life. Lock this thing up or move it like the Gore thread doesn't deserve the space in NT.

Originally posted by leakyfausett:
Well the Gore thread was moved and he was a real niner. Doesn't deserve the space in NT.

Here here.......Scanned thru the threads as I normally do and wondered why is this one still here?? The other t-rex thread was locked and Gore's moved sooooooo....

Originally posted by VDpwndMjenkins:

Originally posted by leakyfausett:
Well the Gore thread was moved and he was a real niner. Doesn't deserve the space in NT.

Here here.......Scanned thru the threads as I normally do and wondered why is this one still here?? The other t-rex thread was locked and Gore's moved sooooooo....

+1

Move this to NFL talk!

For those not aware of the book League of Denial and why it is connected to Borland: Mark Fainaru-Wada achieved fame, and high credibility, as the result of his research and subsequent book that took down the Balco steroid scandal along with Barry Bonds. For ESPN to hire this guy to interview Borland shows that ESPN expects high ratings and high ad rates.

Fainaru-Wada now has two very high profile David v Goliath books that took down a giant. From a publicity standpoint, putting him up as interviewer with Borland guaranteed max exposure regardless of who the player might have been.

Just saying...

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
If i made a decision like that i would accept that it was unpopular and unfair to other people.

I wouldn't go around trying to defend my self centered decision. I would just accept that It was not kool to do but did it anyhow.

Wow, "self-centered" -- that's a great description. If Borland is self-centered, then what does that make the posters that are so outraged by his retirement? There are people on here that are attacking the character of a person because he decided to retire (or "quit", or whatever loaded language you want to use) and it happened to hurt their beloved football franchise. If getting upset about that isn't self-centered, then I really don't know what is.

Again, let's put this in perspective: we're comparing Chris Borland's decision to value his health over money/fame to a football franchise. A human being versus a game.

I dont see how he is going around telling a sob story. He didnt retire because of an injury, he did it because he is SCARED. FLAT OUT SCARED.

Originally posted by YungAce:
Move this to NFL talk!

This needs to be moved to the Parking Lot. He doesn't deserve to be in the NFL Talk thread.

Originally posted by Eli_23:

I dont see how he is going around telling a sob story. He didnt retire because of an injury, he did it because he is SCARED. FLAT OUT SCARED.

And people are paying him to talk about it.

Well, discussion continues. The thread has no place in NFL Talk for obvious reasons. Is someone wants to discuss the issues raised on a more general basis I guess a separate thread should be started there.

As there seems to be a wish that something should be done with this thread, there doesn't seem to be many options. So...