When you hear about NFL players in the news, it’s rarely good news isn’t it.
When one of them does something wrong it’s plastered all over the news over and over again till you’re sick of hearing it. I know I am often very disappointed with professional athletes, whom many young people look up to, for always being in trouble with the law. The extreme amount of money they earn and I use the term, “earn” very loosely for some, does nothing to help their personality any. Many of these athletes have forgotten where they came from and do nothing to help their communities where their fans reside.
Well, here is a news story about a NFL linebacker from the New Orleans Saints who did the opposite – he did something extremely generous before leaving the Saints and signing as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns.
Scott Fujita gave half of his Super Bowl check to charity. He split it by giving half of it to relief efforts in Haiti and the other half going to coastal restoration in New Orleans. Now that is how a professional player should act – with kindness and generosity. The rest of the so called, “professional” players who always seem to find themselves on the wrong side of humanity really could learn a lesson or two about giving back.
It's too bad that this will probably never make front page news, but my question is, "Why not?" I would much rather hear about this then some other player in jail for whatever reason this time, wouldn't you? I know there are many athletes who do good works and never get any recognition or even a mention of it by the news which is so sad. That is why I'm sharing some "Good News" like this.
I’m sure Scott's generosity will be greatly rewarded for as we all know you get back what you give away.
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