If you meet me on a public street, you will notice my exaggerated limp and my cane but you will not think that I can love sports and in fact was a decent athlete until age 16. I still enjoy reading about sports and Bruce Arthur reports on the games as well as any writer in the city and beyond. His articles often match up with my own thinking and are provocative.

I had been thinking about the young men who make a living from playing the violent sport of football when Trevor Siemien of the New York Jets took a punishing hit and what looked like one of his ankles snapped. The back up to Sam Darnold was gone for the season.

Tom Brady remains, but as his spouse once famously said, Tom can’t toss the ball and catch it, too. He is human. There is a message for the GOAT QB to get out while he can, with elegance.

Jerry Hom, Toronto

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