Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Some people know how to retire, and some just can't let go. Gary is the former type.
This. Plus, "disappearing" from the Internet says nothing about what happens to any actual person, regardless of that person's stature. Take any randomly-selected elected official (whose role in everyday life is, arguably, more important than that of one athlete) who bowed out of public life 3-4 years ago. For most of them, the online trail is cold. The Internet is not the real world, despite what today's spyware... er... "social media" providers want us to think.