Len Pasquarelli has a great interview with former Bulldog Jamie Henderson (subscription required), whose NFL career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 2004 that left him in a coma.
He says he asks himself every day why he got on the bike.
"'Why?' It's the same thing I asked myself the other day, after I heard about (Roethlisberger). You had me, and you had (former NBA point guard Jay) Williams, and then Kellen Winslow last year. You would think we would all be examples. Bad examples, definitely, but still examples. But guys keep getting up on bikes and guys keep getting hurt. Why?"The great part about the article? Jamie's back on campus finishing his degree:
Two years after he nearly died, having survived frightful injuries to his brain and a deep coma, the news is significantly better for Henderson. Back at school, and taking five credits in Athens, he will graduate on Aug. 2 with a degree in sports services. How much did Henderson covet that diploma? Well, he took an unwieldy 21-credit workload last semester to accelerate the process. After graduation, he would like to perhaps work for the league, or for a franchise or a university, find a job that would put him in touch with players.Good Luck. GATA!
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1 comments:
Damn good post. Damn good Dawg, too.
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