By: MARC FIGUEROA - Staff Writer
North County (Calif.) Times
August 19, 2006
I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised about Junior Seau's retirement recant. We've seen it so many times in the past – Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Rocky Balboa. The career span of a professional athlete is so short anyway, retirement must feel like an abrupt end to a party that was just getting started.
What was Seau looking forward to anyway? Selling insurance? Becoming a TV analyst or a spokesman for a top-selling shaving cream? The real world seems really boring compared to the wide world of sports, where everybody knows your name and pays you out the nose to play like a kid.
But what probably clinched it for No. 55 wasn't the courting of the New England Patriots, rather the horror of what retirement looks like through eyes of www.csra.unc.edu, a Web site run by the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Its mission is to investigate "the spectrum of physical and mental challenges retired athletes face," a scary proposition for our gurus of glory. No wonder Seau is trying like the devil to outfox father time.
Cool stuff
It's good to see that the NFL Players Association is a big supporter of the center. I guess it should be considering the beating many football players take. ABC News reported earlier this year that 61 percent of the players in the center's database claimed at least one concussion during their career. Say-ow!
Check at the door
The stats on the site are very revealing, and also very sad. A 2001 health survey of retired NFL players revealed that many are suffering from degenerative arthritis. I guess I should stop complaining when my butt starts hurting from sitting too much at the office.
The grade
Can we get some good news for the old guys? We need some web blogs and gallery photos direct from the charity golf tournaments and the lavish Super Bowl parties. When Joe Namath just wanted to "kish" ESPN sideline reporter Suzy Kolber at a Jets game, he looked like he was having a ball. Until this site gets us in a better mood, I can only give it two out of five mouses.
North County (Calif.) Times
August 19, 2006
I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised about Junior Seau's retirement recant. We've seen it so many times in the past – Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Rocky Balboa. The career span of a professional athlete is so short anyway, retirement must feel like an abrupt end to a party that was just getting started.
What was Seau looking forward to anyway? Selling insurance? Becoming a TV analyst or a spokesman for a top-selling shaving cream? The real world seems really boring compared to the wide world of sports, where everybody knows your name and pays you out the nose to play like a kid.
But what probably clinched it for No. 55 wasn't the courting of the New England Patriots, rather the horror of what retirement looks like through eyes of www.csra.unc.edu, a Web site run by the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Its mission is to investigate "the spectrum of physical and mental challenges retired athletes face," a scary proposition for our gurus of glory. No wonder Seau is trying like the devil to outfox father time.
Cool stuff
It's good to see that the NFL Players Association is a big supporter of the center. I guess it should be considering the beating many football players take. ABC News reported earlier this year that 61 percent of the players in the center's database claimed at least one concussion during their career. Say-ow!
Check at the door
The stats on the site are very revealing, and also very sad. A 2001 health survey of retired NFL players revealed that many are suffering from degenerative arthritis. I guess I should stop complaining when my butt starts hurting from sitting too much at the office.
The grade
Can we get some good news for the old guys? We need some web blogs and gallery photos direct from the charity golf tournaments and the lavish Super Bowl parties. When Joe Namath just wanted to "kish" ESPN sideline reporter Suzy Kolber at a Jets game, he looked like he was having a ball. Until this site gets us in a better mood, I can only give it two out of five mouses.
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