The National Football League will hold its annual draft on Thursday April 22 at Radio City Music Hall in the heart of New York City (Manhattan.)The draft is important for all 32 teams because it gives them the chance to pick the best player(s) that they need in order to compete for the Lombadi (Super Bowl) Trophy. One of the players in this draft that has a good chance of being selected is Myron Rolle. Rolle, who had three very productive years with Florida State, has something that his other fellow draftees does not have, he is a Rhodes scholar. Rolle, after his third year with the Seminoles, spent a year in Oxford to further his education. After completed his studies abroad, Rolle decided to put his aspirations on becoming a neurosurgeon on hold (for now) so that he can start his football career in the National Football League and one way was to add his name to the NFL Draft.
Question his Commitment?
In February, at Union Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Rolle and a bunch of NFL hopefuls participated in the National Football League Combine. The combine gives owners, general managers, scouts, etc. the chance to see those who played college football participate in a series of events (i.e running the 4.40, jumping, passing skills, running skills (for running backs) how to run a route (for wide receivers and tight ends), punting, kicking field goals, etc. Along with that, those in authority get to challenge the players mental skills on whether or not they are tough enough to handle criticism and/or tough questions. One person in particular from Florida State talked to Rolle and questioned his commitment to playing football. The guy actually believed that Rolle was being selfish in ditching football and he should have turned down the chance of going to Oxford! Are you kidding me? You have to be a complete idiot to say no to Oxford because an opportunity like that doesn't come along everybody. The guy was brazen enough to say that Rolle should commit to football only and forget everything else. I guess having aspirations on becoming a neurosurgeon is just a big waste of time and money. Sure you can just focus on football (if you have ever seen a typical NFL playbook, the binder is a thick book filled with numerous plays for the offense along with some defense schemes) but at the same time, you would like to have other interests too. I just don't buy into the idea of concentrating on one thing only and forget everything else because to me, if would make your life pretty boring and predictable.
What the National Football League should do
The NFL should be happy that they could have a player that has something important going on his life other than football. In a league unfortunately with some of the players getting arrested for DWI, domestic violence, gun possession, fighting in public, and now with the situation with two time Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl MVP Ben Roethilsberger, the NFL should use Rolle's image as a symbol of saying "Hey, we may have a few knuckleheads but we have some have great guys in our league, too."
Editor's Note: Myron Rolle was drafted in the 6th round by the Tennessee Titans.
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