[sportscurmudgeon]

Obviously, I hope that he is OK and makes a full recovery and lives out a long and full life.

I really hope that IF the doctors advise him to quit that he listens to them and quits. Many athletes - and football players in particular - have grown up in a set of circumstances where "heroism" and "manhood" are often measured by "playing through the pain". In this case, playing when advised medically not to do that could lead to something really bad.

Now, if the docs say he is "good to go" and can't do any added damage to himself by playing, then I say he shoudl play if he still wants to do that. But if the docs say that he should hang them up, I sincerely hope he will do just that!