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Wow, that's really sad.
I would advise to him finish his degree first, and then rebuild from there.Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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It takes money to make money, but unfortunately it also takes a lot of money to lose a lot of money.
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I always enjoyed watching Luther play. He left it all on the field and deserved his All America status. IIRC he is from Mancos, Colorado, a small town at the base of the LaPlata mountains east of Cortez in the four corners region - a really beautiful little town (and also home to several FLDS families I understand). Anyway, I hope Luther turns his financial situation around and I have a feeling he will.Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by John McClain View PostI always enjoyed watching Luther play. He left it all on the field and deserved his All America status. IIRC he is from Mancos, Colorado, a small town at the base of the LaPlata mountains east of Cortez in the four corners region - a really beautiful little town (and also home to several FLDS families I understand). Anyway, I hope Luther turns his financial situation around and I have a feeling he will.
This is sad as he sounds like a genuinely good dude. God bless him.Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
-General George S. Patton
I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
-DOCTOR Wuap
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This line from the article is sad and disturbing: Sports Illustrated, citing anecdotal evidence, reported last year that within two years after retirement, 78 percent of former NFL players either filed bankruptcy or experienced financial stress due to joblessness or divorce.
We idolize our sports stars, assume they're set for life, and wish we could be them, but it seems best that the wish goes unfulfilled.
Elliss deserves better than this, and he seems smart and good enough to be able to pull out of it eventually.
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Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostThis line from the article is sad and disturbing: Sports Illustrated, citing anecdotal evidence, reported last year that within two years after retirement, 78 percent of former NFL players either filed bankruptcy or experienced financial stress due to joblessness or divorce.
We idolize our sports stars, assume they're set for life, and wish we could be them, but it seems best that the wish goes unfulfilled.
Elliss deserves better than this, and he seems smart and good enough to be able to pull out of it eventually.
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Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostThis line from the article is sad and disturbing: Sports Illustrated, citing anecdotal evidence, reported last year that within two years after retirement, 78 percent of former NFL players either filed bankruptcy or experienced financial stress due to joblessness or divorce.
We idolize our sports stars, assume they're set for life, and wish we could be them, but it seems best that the wish goes unfulfilled.
Elliss deserves better than this, and he seems smart and good enough to be able to pull out of it eventually.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by cruelute View Postwith a life expectancy of 55 years, the life of a retired NFL player is much more Hobbesian than Elysian.
Steve Young has mentioned that despite all the pain, concussions and abuse he suffered during his NFL career (one remembers him literally crawling off the field in a game against the Lions), the rush of doing battle in front of 60,000 screaming fans was so overwhelmingly powerful he wished he could still do it.
Looking back, I'm glad I lacked the physical gifts for this to have been a possibility for me.
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