Chris Borland, a 24-year-old former budding NFL star, made a difficult decision to leave football after researching the potential long-term health problems associated with the sport. He did it to preserve his well-being. There isn't really much more to say about his situation than that.
Naturally, people said entirely too much. Here is their stupidity ranked.
4) gah
Chris Borland was scheduled to make $530K this year, plus $10K workout bonus. Not many jobs pay 24-year-olds $540K for 6 months of work.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 17, 2015
Brian Hartline and probably a lot of other NFL players were miffed:
@AdamSchefter so we only work 6 months out of the year...?
— Brian Hartline (@brianhartline) March 17, 2015
3) Oh come on
Tim Ryan said "Patrick Willis retired. Chris Borland quit."
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) March 17, 2015
2) Seriously stop
logging off RT @BobbyBigWheel: Florio pic.twitter.com/UrPb84rATP
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) March 17, 2015
1) SERIOUSLY STOP
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This is a reminder that there is more to life than hot takes. #nevertweet. Thank you.