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Originally Posted by SunnySide
Im not getting caught up with that. He was a top prospect in the 4th grade. His dad had NFL aspirations for him. Seems he came from a middle class type family in NJ then moved to Potomac Md to go to Bullis in the 9th grade.
He was on a different life trajectory than us. I worked baskin robbins at 15 and Popeyes/day laborer through out high school until college. We werent him. Few are.
He attained an incredible achievement, making the NFL. No one can take that from him.
He also apparently lost that achievement by being immature and entitled. basically the opposite of Chase Young. In ways I feel bad for him. He has no one to blame but himself but it is sad watching a young person experience these huge crushing emotions so early in life.
A lot was given to him unearned but that is the society we live in. Us 40-60 year old fat guys on our couches raise these 19 year old athletes above us on this pedestal like some greek gods .. only to discard them into the trash heap once they dont benefit our Sunday viewing pleasure anymore.
I feel for the young man. His feelings right now and the weight on his shoulders is vastly more than any of us could even imagine.
We created Dwayne Haskins in many ways. College to professional sports is a factory and these young guys are just products on an assembly line with a limited useful shelf life before they are discarded and replaced.
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I feel sorry for him to a degree, and hope he gets his life together as he said last night, but he has no more weight on his shoulders than most kids his age, trying to navigate through school, a new career, a new job, or several jobs. He has no more weight than the many who serve in our armed forces, for example. He just chose a different profession, and has chosen not to put in the effort it requires to be successful.