Eliot Wolf not worried about more players retiring early

(WNFL)- Ex-Badger Chris Borland’s retirement after just one year with the 49ers has lots of fans wondering if more players and prospects will find the NFL game too dangerous for them. But Green Bay Packers’ pro personnel director Eliot Wolf is not concerned. The son of former Packers’ GM Ron Wolf put out this tweet yesterday “Anyone worried about the future of football should see the amount of calls and emails we get from kids literally begging to get into pro-days.” Former Packers’ vice president Andrew Brandt says Wolf’s opinion reflects the majority throughout the league. Brandt is now a media commentator and the director of a sports law center at Villanova. He says “99-percent” of league retirees tell him they’d do it all again if they had the chance. Borland said he didn’t want the prospect of head trauma to shorten his life. The NFL put out a statement in its defense, saying the game is safer than ever and concussions are down 25% the past three years. Current players who were interviewed said they said support Borland’s decision to quit early while agreeing that they want to keep playing themselves. The former UW All-American was projected to start at linebacker for San Francisco this season. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Borland reached out to former Packers’ linebacker George Koonce six weeks ago to discuss the matter. Koonce had eleven concussions and seven football-related surgeries and wrote the book “Is There Life After Football — Surviving the NFL.” Koonce said Borland did his homework and made a “well-thought-out decision.”