MONDAY, MARCH 16 This week of crappy frats, creepy racial outreach, and the wholesale transformation of Marion “Suge” Knight from a notoriously violent rap mogul into a continuously collapsing crybaby kicks off in the world of professional American football, which today was rocked by an abrupt resignation. The abrupt resigner: Chris Borland, a 24-year-old linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, who announced he’s leaving pro football—and walking away from a four-year, $2.9 million contract—to avoid the long-term health risks of the game. “Within hours, Borland was transformed into a new face of a league that generates $9 billion in annual revenue and accounted for 45 of the 50 most-watched television shows last fall,” reported the Los Angeles Times. “He is young and healthy and known for on-field toughness. His best years and biggest paychecks were in front of him. But Borland decided that football’s potential consequences loomed larger than millions of dollars.” Chief among those looming potential consequences are the serious neurocognitive conditions that afflict an estimated one in three retired NFL players…
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