black friday 2013 The article on "the end of football" is very interesting. I was recently commiserating with a logtime friend about all the aches and pains, including PCTE, we suffer NOW from playing sandlot or high school football 30 to 50 years ago. We both agreed that we would NOT have given up the fun and camaraderie of football, even if we had known then what we might face in 30 to 50 years.Since then, he and the Redskins have vacillated endlessly over the state of his rehab, but the doctors gave Griffin and team a boost by clearing him to work out after Shanahan said RG3 would "set a record for coming back." The QB himself proclaimed he was "all in" for Week 1 of regular season. But Shanahan said RG3 will "never" play if less than 100 percent. RG3 made it clear he's really not quite "all in" for Week 1, saying he wouldn't compromise his career to rush himself back.