[nabs-l] Charlie Wilks- blind football player. (asfeatured onESPN360)

[Darian Smith]

Hello all,


 here are some thoughts I've been kicking around...   As a football
fan,   it seems as if   he does his job rather well. He's an interior
lineman.  so he lines up under the center offinsive lineman and is
just supposed to push back the center so somebody else can make the
play (the general job that  somebody is supposed to do in that
position).  if he hits somebody, great.   Jedi is rather correct  in
saying that sighted football players have done worse... Jim Marshall
of the Vikings once  ran the wrong direction in a crutial game years
ago.  Instead of scoring six points for his team (a touchdown), he
scored  two points for the other team (a safety).
  The very violent and fast-paced nature  of football breeds
quick-reactors on the field, especially from the defensive standpoint.
 While I can't remember  any particular story off-hand. i do remember
hearing that  players have ran  into other players  on their team
during a play, even tackling a person and on some occasions even
injuring that player.    H'es a kid living  his dream. in the end, I
think we can only be so lucky as to say we are doing  thins.
  just my opinion.
  best,
  Darian



On 11/11/09, David Dunphy <djdrocks4ever at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I'm just put off by this whole perception of how amazing we are in
> the eyes of others when it comes out that we can do something. A guy who can
> see finds out a blind person plays football, and that person is a super hero
> who should have a hole story done on him. To me, he is just an everyday
> person that found a way to play football that I don't think he'll get far
> with based on what I heard in the article. Sighted people find ways and
> solutions to problems of how they're going to accomplish something all the
> time, and a second thought is not even given to it. We do it, and we're
> amazing. And the fact that he made such a big deal out of something like
> this, by this I mean mingling with his peers, whether it was by playing a
> sport or what ever, suggests that the writer thought that was incredible
> that a blind person can do that. As Harry put it, that to me shows a bias
> there on the part of the writer or a misconception about us. People mingle
> with their peers and find ways to have fun everyday. I personally thought
> the whole thing was corny.
> >From David
>
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