The other day I was going over my news feed on Facebook and a story caught my eye. WNEM, a tv station for Flint and the Tri-Cities region, had a story about how a famous alumni member gave back to the Saginaw School District. Current Pittsburgh Steeler, former Wolverine, LaMarr Woodley heard that the public school district he once starred in had to start charging student-athletes $75 in participation fees. Local,officials reported a decline in the number of athletes this year, so LaMarr took it upon himself to donate $60,000 to eliminate the fees for all junior high through high school athletes in the district.
This is not the first time LaMarr has.went above and beyond what needed to be done to help his former high school either. A few years ago he got the marching band hooded sweatshirts. So while we continue to hear news stories about athletes getting in trouble with domestic violence, drugs, alcohol, weapons, etc. one has to question how come we don't hear more about these stories?
So I am calling out more of today's pro athletes, what are you doing to help your former high school? What about the school districts in and around the cities you play in? While $60,000 is a lot for us, for most of these stars it is just a drop in the bucket. LaMarr, I sure hope that others follow your lead and we start hearing about the good in professional athletes rather than who has more pre-season arrests.
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