APChiefs running back Jamaal Charles says that if the NFL owners lock out the players for much longer, he’ll try to find a new source of income by running track professionally.
Charles told the Beaumont Enterprise that if the lockout drags on, he’d “just travel and run track.”
Although he couldn’t make nearly as much money running track as he can playing football, it is reasonable to think he could make some money doing it. He noted this week that he was an All-American track runner at Texas before turning his attention full-time to football.
“I won state in high school,” Charles said. “I went to a couple of Junior Olympics. My freshman year I was All-American in the 100 and the 200 and the 400 x 100 so I felt if I chose another sport it’d be track.”
If the lockout lasts long enough, Charles will choose that other sport.
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I ran against this guy at MU. He is a fast SOB. Pulled up with 10m left and ran just over 10 flat.
He’s a speed talent, for sure. I like seeing players do things that they enjoy and just control what’s directly around them. Hopefully that translates over to the field for him, barring any catastrophic injury.
Jamaal Charles is lucky he’s in the NFL.
If the CFL ever goes on strike 99.999% of the players Plan B is Curling.
Another football player thinks he can just waltz into another profession and make money at it. Yes he was very good at this before and had he concentrated on Track he might be able to but when you join the NFL you condition your body to play in that league and that doesn’t usually carry over to a sport like Track.
OMGZ!! What will these players do if there’s a lockout!!??!
Oh…right…they’ll use their name, which was made because a) they are in the NFL and b) because they played well in college in the pursuit of an NFL career.
THOSE AWFUL OWNERS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO MAKE A CHILDS GAME PROFITABLE AND MAKE GUYS WHO PLAY A GAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME!!!! >:O
Give it hell, why not.
Please stop calling Track a Sport…
400 x 100? Is that also referred to as “the marathon relay”?
Just don’t pull a hammy! Why don’t you just work with your union* rep and get a deal done. Didn’t you run track at UT instead of spring football a couple of years? Maybe you should concentrate on football.
I want to see him race Chris Johnson.
Or he could go play soccer with Ocho.