News: Josh Brent to retire

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If he wanted to maximize his options shouldn't he have just served any suspension before retiring? Time served could have been concurrent to any retirement period. If he ever decided to come back, his suspension time would have already been banked and he could start playing immediately.

Retiring prior to any suspension time served makes me believe that any possible future return is even less likely.

if he serves two years in jail, the league is likely going to say that is sufficient penalty if he wants to come back. But honestly, I can't imagine coming back and playing football is really something he is thinking about. Big fat guys really don't tend to do well after long long layoffs from playing football. If he misses a year or more he's going to have a hard time coming back at all.