Chris Henry

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Originally Posted by free2131

Yeah, I'm sure that this has nothing to with his massive ego. :rolleyes: Let's turn the death of a teammate into a way to get more attention.

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This, unfortunately

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Originally Posted by free2131

Yeah, I'm sure that this has nothing to with his massive ego. :rolleyes: Let's turn the death of a teammate into a way to get more attention.

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You don't know that.

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

i know, just doesn't seem to be happening as often in other sports.

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Football has reached inner city talent better then any other sport, imo. Say what you want about basketball those kids usually go to a private high school if they are pro caliber talent like Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. Football is played in the inner cities from day one.

It's hard for those kids to leave what they grew up as.

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Originally Posted by Arctic Blast

Sadly similar to Sean Taylor a few years back. Guy was finally turning his life around, and then...it's over. :(

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Was he?? Who really knows?? But these sappy stories always come out whenever a criminal dies. Family always claims: "He was turning his life around".. OR "I don't know why anyone killed my baby he would have never hurt anyone"... Despite the fact of a lengthy criminal record or whatever. I'm not talking about just Chris Henry or just sports people either, this is in everyday life.

Indeed, there needs to be more families talking about how they were thugs and criminals and deserved what they got.

No not that. The news people need to stop putting it in the articles.

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Originally Posted by Jeffy25

i know, just doesn't seem to be happening as often in other sports.

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Not only is their the fact it's a violent sport, like Rage said, and that it taps into the inner-city more than most other sports, like OD said, but there's also the simple fact that there are more NFL teams than there are NBA or MLB teams, and there are more players to a team. To an extent, it's a simple probability thing, in addition to the social issues that NFL players can tend to carry with them from the rest of their lives.

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Originally Posted by free2131

Yeah, I'm sure that this has nothing to with his massive ego. :rolleyes: Let's turn the death of a teammate into a way to get more attention.

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Like OD said, you don't know that. The guy was fighting back tears when he was talking about it the day after Henry passed away, and I personally believe he is completely sincere.