Inside the CFL: CTE concerns weigh on former Alouette Tom Hipsz

During the course of his six-year Canadian Football League career, defensive-lineman Tom Hipsz underwent eight surgeries. He suffered a torn bicep, blew out his shoulder twice and was finally forced to retire before the 2002 season when he ruptured an Achilles tendon.
“In the morning, it takes a little while to get the body going. I can’t play pick-up basketball, my body wouldn’t co-operate,” said Hipsz, 45, who spent three full seasons with the Alouettes during the late