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NBA stars such as LeBron James, U.S. presidents, neurologists and Tom Brady’s dad are not sure they’d allow their sons to play football knowing what they know now.

What about a guy who actually played football for a living?

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“I have a two-year-old son (Arkiys),” said Arland Bruce, the first player to launch a concussion lawsuit against the Canadian Football League. “I don’t see him playing at all. I love the game. Don’t get me wrong. But I wouldn’t let my son play.

“I don’t regret it. I just wish I was more informed. A different decision would have been made about me playing.”

Going long. Bruce did it on the football field. On Sept. 24, 2011, he caught a pass from B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay and took it 100 yards for a touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Coincidentally, he received a devastating concussion against the same team on the same field, Mosaic Stadium, almost a year to the day later — Sept. 27, 2012.