My son's best friend in high school was a star football player who went on to Clemson and is now making millions a year on the defensive line in the NFL. The sad thing was the kid loved baseball so much more than football and so much wanted to try to pursue a baseball career. But he was 6'6'', weighed 335 lbs, and was fast as lightning off the point. He had no other choice but to pursue football. His predicament sums up what I think happened to the U.S. overall when football replaced baseball as the most popular sport. Poetry on the field was replaced by two giant corporations running into each other. It was as sad for everyone as it was for David Reader.
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