Ka taƙaita labarin:  Chris Borland yana barin NFL bayan kakar wasansa na farko saboda damuwa game da tasirin dogon lokaci na raunin kai. Dan wasan mai shekara 24 ya gaya wa San Francisco 49ers a ranar Juma'a kuma ya sanar da sanarwar a ESPN's Outside the Lines. Bayan ya tuntubi shahararrun masu bincike da kuma danginsa, Borland ya yanke shawarar dakatar da shi a kan aikin NFL mai alkawari. 'Ina son yin abin da ya fi dacewa ga lafiyata,' in ji Borland a wasan kwaikwayon. 'Bisa ga abin da na bincika da kuma abin da na fuskanta, ban yi tsammanin ya cancanci haɗarin ba.' Tsohon dan wasan Wisconsin Badger Borland ya yi amfani da Alfred Morris a lokacin da ya yi alkawari sosai. 'Na yi tunani a zuciyata, "Me nake yi? Haka zan ci gaba da rayuwa sa'ad da na yi girma, ina yawan buga kaina, musamman da abin da na koya game da haɗarin da ke tattare da hakan?'" Borland ya sha wahala sau biyu a rayuwarsa; daya wasa kwallon kafa a aji na takwas da na gaba yayin wasa kwallon kafa a makarantar sakandare. Ya ce an harbe shi a kan kansa a sansanin horo a kakar wasan da ta gabata kuma ya zaɓi ya yi wasa ta ciki. Borland ya yi ritaya daga NFL bayan shekara daya. Shekarar Borland a San Francisco ta ba da gudummawar 107 da aka yi, da kuma tsinkaye biyu kuma an ba shi kyautar NFC Defensive Player of the Week kuma ya sami kuri'a don Rookie na Defensive na Shekara. Sanarwar tasa wani sabon ci ne ga 49ers, wadanda ke cikin wani yanayi na canji tun lokacin da tsohon kocin Jim Harbaugh ya bar Bay Area. Abokin aikinsa Patrick Willis ya yanke shawarar yin ritaya bayan shekaru takwas a cikin NFL, don barin 49ers a cikin rikici a matsayin da ya gabata na ƙarfi. Borland da Willis sun shiga Jason Worilds mai shekaru 27, wanda ya bar Pittsburgh Steelers bayan shekaru biyar a NFL, da Jake Locker, mai shekaru 26, wanda kuma ya sanar da shawarar da ya yanke na juya baya ga wasan. Jeff Miller, babban mataimakin shugaban NFL na kiwon lafiya da tsare-tsaren tsaro, ya fitar da sanarwa. 'Muna girmama shawarar Chris Borland kuma muna masa fatan alheri. Yin wasan motsa jiki shawara ce ta mutum da kansa. 'Ta kowane ma'auni, ƙwallon ƙafa bai taɓa zama mafi aminci ba kuma muna ci gaba da samun ci gaba tare da doka...
Borland ya yi magana da kwararru kan raunin kwakwalwa da danginsa kafin ya yanke shawara. 'Dangane da abin da na bincika da abin da na samu, ban tsammanin yana da haɗari ba,' in ji ɗan shekara 24. Ya bar 49ers bayan wani sosai alamar rookie kakar. Zaɓin zagaye na uku a zaɓen shekarar da ta gabata, Borland ya haɗu da Patrick Willis, Jason Worilds da Jake Locker a matsayin manyan ritaya a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan.