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Sunday an NFL player for the Buffalo Bills was injured while ackwardly attempting to tackle an opponent. Moments after laying there motionless, the stadium of over 40,000 spectators stood there without a word as a typically raucous NFL stadium sounded more like a library on a saturday afternoon. However, equally as startling to the sight of a 6-4, 250 professional athlete without the use of his rotary skills were the reactions -and comments- of teammates, coaches, and even the doctor who treated tight end Kevin Everett. More than a few times we heard that "it's apart of the game" or that "we have to move on" which is true, even in the case of Everett himself. But it does seem a little insensitive, right? Football players, although highly paid, give their all as they physically give their all in to an america who has always been bloodthirsty, in a full contact sport where the idea is to use your body to collide with another body as fast and as hard as possible. Amidst the cheerleaders, commercials, super coliseums, groupies, charity work, and scandals, you find a league of men who sacrifice the future of their ability to use the most basic of rotary skills for the enjoyment of the American People. After Dr. Cappachinno (real name) stated a day after Everetts accident that he will "never fully recover" from the injury, or be "able to walk again." We see a day later the same doctor recanted his statement as the near-paralyzed athlete find feeling in his outer extremities. In this we learn a lesson about the human spirit and the will to succeed. Maybe one day we will see Kevin Everett still taking the advice of his coaches, and doing the unthinkable with some "nerve", Moving On...
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