NFL Players Train at U. of Miami

From what I understood - Portis was working out with the team. I don't believe this article suggested that the visits that Portis made to Miami were the only times he had worked out.

Taylor still seems to be the mystery. At least it does seem like Moss WAS working out.

Schneed10- thanks for that. I actually liked Robert Smith. I wish more players would model themselfes after him. I know that a lot of NFL players donate to charities and such but it seems to me that many of them have absolutely no self control when it comes to spending.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of a modern day professional athalete who isn't materialistic?

We must remember though that these guys come from a poor background. Still, those who make the league minimum can't afford to be as materialist.

If I had more money that I knew what to do with I'd find something nice to spend it on that's for sure ;)

We might not all go for the flashy cars, but you can't tell me if you were a multi-millionaire you would just save it all.

i wouldn't. right now im middle class, but hey, you can't blame them for being poor all their life, then getting a great job and living the life they had never known about. i would feel differently if some rich ass kid who had lived luxuriously all his life came into the nfl and spent all his money on nice things, but who amongst us can say they wouldn't want that too.

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I don't care who you are man, if people have kissing you butt your whole life cause you can do something most people can't, and you have gotten preferential treatment your whole life, and girls/woman throw themselves at you at every chance, and then when you turn 21 you get rewarded for all this with MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. . . are you going to keep a straight head?

HELLLLL NOOOO! ha ha ha. Human nature man, just like staring at an accident on I-395 you might complain about rubberneckers but what do you do when you see the tow trucks, the cops and the mess....exactly what everyone else does!

what if your father was super rich, and you lived luxuriously your whole life, you get into the nfl, get lots of money, would you take it for granted? i wouldn't, mainly because it could be gone just like that. it could take one play, and you could have a career ending injury, then boom, it's all gone

HELLLLL NOOOO! ha ha ha. Human nature man, just like staring at an accident on I-395 you might complain about rubberneckers but what do you do when you see the tow trucks, the cops and the mess....exactly what everyone else does!

HAHA good point, I was driving by a wreck yesterday, cursing the rubberneckers, but wouldn't you know once I got close I was taking a look myself, LOL

By far what concerns me most about this article is the fact that Taylor, who has justified not coming to Redskins Park to work out all along with the pretense that he's working out with his Miami boys, has only been to Miami ONCE for a half-court basketball game. I mean come on, the off-season is long enough that when april rolls around you shouldn't have any excuses for not getting on the ball and working your a$$ off. While I don't condone working out in Miami, it's one thing to avoid your team's voluntary workouts because you feel you get better conditioning at Miami..........and it's a completely different thing to avoid voluntaries because you're sitting on your butt all day playing Madden, complaining that you aren't getting paid enough. Get Real Sean.........and PLEASE grow up.

Well they both retired, but what about David Robinson who has donated over 9 million dollars to fund a private school for disadvantaged kids. And there is the Redskins own Darrell Green and his Life Centers..........