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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1862771, member: 837"]
Yeah, I generally feel like most of the guys on these big-time teams aren't doing things like this. Not necessarily bad kids but just sort of the combination of the uber-focus on sports most of these programs demand, the fact that they're 18-22 (and none of us have a lot of perspective at that age), and the kind of abnormal world these guys inhabit where they've been made to feel like they are complete studs from the time they are like 12.

But having said that, I'm probably overly pessimistic about that. There really are probably more stories like this. What makes this one so cool is how organic it is -- no photo op, no huge team visiting one disabled and/or disadvantaged kid (not that that isn't cool too) -- just one guy noticing a kid who's having a rough time and being sensitive enough to that to make the effort to do whatever he can to help him out. Really cool story and, as a father of a child with down syndrome, it absolutely was a very, very emotional read for me.
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