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Post by west-texan on Jan 13, 2009 21:19:27 GMT -5
What do you expect when his friends are NFL bad boys like Sanders and Irvin.  Wonder what Crabtree thinks of Irvin's drug usage and legal troubles? I wouldn't even talk to Michael Irvin or shake his no class hand. If the NFL had any class they wouldn't take guys who hadn't completed at least 4 years of eligibility. By taking college underclassmen...the NFL is just as low class as Jerry Jones. You can tell education and life are low priority when this stuff happens. Wonder if Mike has any idea what he wants to do with his life after an NFL career? Well...let's at least hope Crabtree can look at Irvin's screw-ups...and do the opposite.   |
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Post by zebrarick on Jan 16, 2009 14:41:03 GMT -5
Hope his ankle holds up.
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Post by Old Rip on Jan 20, 2009 8:50:08 GMT -5
The BCS conferences are the unoffical NFL farm system. People were lamenting USC losing 10 players this year to the NFL draft, when they had the same number last year and years before. Someone around the office quipped about the pay cut USC players have to take to go to the NFL.
I wish these young men the best, they will need all the good luck thay can get. Instant wealth, fame and youth are a deadly combination, yet they have the opportunity. They can destroy themselves with it, or they can set themselves up for the many, many years of their lives after their playing careers.
I remember the year I graduated from college we had a superstar basketball player who the Nicks drafted with the 4th pick in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft. He went from the ghetto to the Big Apple and had a career with several appearances in the NBA all star game, and he threw it all down the drain on a cocaine addiction.
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Post by west-texan on Jan 20, 2009 10:30:20 GMT -5
I'm disappointed in his role models...and hope he can do better.
A lot of the NFL guys who played in the 1950's and 1960's...have done very well after their playing careers...and I think they are the ones who should be role models for the young guys.
About a year or so ago...I heard a radio interview with former baseball homerun record holder Hank Aaron discussing how he is disappointed with a lot of the younger pro athletes these days.
Probably the best example of how to live after an NFL career is Roger Staubach...but Michael Irvin is not a good example.
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Post by sj on Jan 20, 2009 21:01:28 GMT -5
I wish the young man luck. I can understand his seeking the almighty paycheck before injury robs him of his payday. Mentor?....yes, maybe he could have done better by some...but contacts?.....hey, the NFL is a close knit group. Players, ex-players, coaches, etc.....it is almost an ingrown industry involving those in the NFL circle.
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