It’s a cumulative threshold, you don’t always know it’s there until you start to feel it with time and repeated injuries.
She’s talked about repetitive concussion injury.
My husband raced while I was home with 4 small children and it didn’t bother me a lick. Now we’re 60+ and last year after that crash, I was done. I had made a few noises before about the time and money, but this time I was done, the danger threshold had been reached. It surprised both of us, actually.
But I’d rather leave him than bury him early because he’s chasing adrenaline and tire smoke.
Football is a dangerous sport and she knew that was the sport (and career) for Tom Brady.
Even before we started to learn about CTE, we've known that it's risky to play football.
Obviously, she shouldn't have married him if she was uncomfortable with the risks he was taking.