Guess what folks… not everyone cares about the green. Not everyone is willing to destroy their body for paper. Not everyone in this country is ruled by a system that was put in place to do nothing more than to keep people in line.

Our society would only be better if more people decided their health and mental safety is more important than how many cars they can buy.

I agree with Mr. coffee money does not equal success. Success is gained through how you treat others and how others treat you. Success is being happy with what you do. Success has nothing to do with amount of paper you make.

Mr. Coffee you have enlightend mind and even though you would pursue a career in the ministry and i my self am not a believer, i do believe if this is what you love then you will be a success at it. Helping people is the highest calling.

I liken it to the military, its the difference between regular army (college football) and Navy Seal (elite). Only the elite make it to be a seal.
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What kind of moronic statement is this? Elite army soldiers don’t become navy SEALs. Very physically and mentally capable navy sailors become navy seals, because, well, one has to be in the navy to be a SEAL.

In the army, those who are physically and mentally capable, and wish to pursue it, join the special forces (casually known as green berets), rangers, and other such elite units.

Also, note that elite sailor and soldiers do not necessarily go join the SEALs or SF. Many of us stay where we are, and do greater things through our contributions in the fields of intelligence, comms, etc.

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Good for him. He’s only 23 and he already has it figured out. Outstanding.

My uncle did the same thing. He walked away from the game, for a few reasons, but mostly because he had another passion. He also wanted to be able to walk when he got older.

What the talented people–the players–do with that opportunity is entirely up to them. If their lives are “ruined” afterward, that is entirely the fault of the player himself. Not the NFL.

I highly doubt that Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Andre Johnson, etc. consider their lives “ruined”. I also think that players such as Aqib Talib, Plaxico Burress and Travis Henry have ONLY themselves to blame for their immense failures.

This whole thing is a joke. The dude wants to blame the NFL for all his problems. The NFL didn’t put a concealed weapon on him.

If he doesn’t want to play football, cool beans. He was never a slave, no matter what AP says. But it seems Coffee has a million stories for why he quit. Last year he said:

“A lot of people think that because I quit, I don’t like football or I have something against it,” Coffee said. “It’s not like that. As a recreational sport, I still dig it. It’s just not what I wanted to do with my life.”

But now he has a new story… Maybe Coffee’s problem is really with himself and not the NFL.

Blaming the NFL for players’ lives being ruined is a little short-sighted, though. People have to make choices as to what to do with their lives, and for those fortunate enough to have the talent and recognition to play in the NFL, the onus is on them to handle it properly. If they can’t, they’ll end up like countless others who couldn’t handle the money and ended up broke and owing thousands (or millions) for their poor decisions. The blame for that isn’t on the employer, but on the employee.

For anybody that can get past the love of money and choose to do something that they personally feel they would enjoy doing more, more power to them. God Bless Glen Coffee for having the courage to do just that.