"The bottom line is, if those didn't happen when they did, right at the height of the concussion discussion, I'd probably still be playing," Collie told the Vancouver Sun in late March. "Everybody can comment on it. Everybody has their opinion. But I'm not them. Football is a childhood dream for me. It's a way to provide for my family and play a game I love. To not be playing, because of a label, is hard. I've been labelled."