re: #78 sagehen

A guy I went to high school with, played for Stanford and earned an undergrad degree; then he played for the 49ers for 8 years while attending Stanford Medical School in the off-season. After which he asked the niners to please trade him to the team in the city where he got his internship… he’s now a board-certified specialist in family medicine, and has two Super Bowl rings.

Sure, it happens. There are a lot of very smart athletes who do make it to the pros and they do go on to have successful lives once they retire. But there are thousands of players who believe they have the skills and just need a couple years to show them off. Those dreams are mostly short-lived and they’re left with nothing to fall back on.