Somewhere Between Len Bias and A-Fraud

Bernie

Correspondent Written on March 30, 2009

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) gets a note from his attorney Lanny Breuer while he testifies about allegations of steroid use by professional ball palyers before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill February 13, 2008 in Washington, DC. The 'Mitchell Report' named several former and current major league baseball players, including Clemens, who are accused of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Teen 1 - "Let's sniff this."
Teen 2 - "It'll be cool."
Teen 3 - The last to speak had the opportunity to turn the entire evening around, instead chose to say, "Ok." Their bodies were discovered in a car early the next morning, well after their last breath had been taken.

What would have happened had that third teen been truthful and explained how dumb it sounded? What if he had laughed and said "no thanks!" as he got out of the car they were parked in?

At least one life would have been saved. Maybe as many as three.

P.B. Fitzwater once defined character as "the sum and total of a person's choices."

Caught in a situation like the one above, the student-athlete that possesses character may just be the person to turn a hazardous situation around by saying "no thanks." They may just decide to get out of the car.

The time we spend barking for our players is a mere fraction of the time they spend on UGA's campus. Take a moment to feel proud that our coaches take the time to try and find players who are not just the right fit physically, but also personally.

And when the student-athlete walks across the stage to take that piece of paper...bark even louder.

Bernie

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written on March 30, 2009 Opinion