There are many times one could rip on athletes that say and do dumb things in the name of the almighty dollar. Deion Sanders is no exception here. He's a former show-boater who walked away with millions of dollars from several teams over the last several years.
A little North up the interstate from Deion's current professional football job/team there's a player that has set the ultimate example (this season) of greed, lack of respect to his team-mates and local fans, and insulted the intelligence of virtually anyone that would listen to him or his agent as they ran their mouth about the lack of fairness in the contract that the player had just signed a year before. There was even the old cliche about "I gotta take care of my family" though the individual (come on, you know I'm talking about Terrell Owens here) is single.
Well, I'll give credit when due. Deion has stepped forward and opened a challenge to all professional athletes to contribute $1000 to relief efforts for clean-up and relief of Hurricane Katrina's effects. While some may laugh at the numbers as they think about the amount of the contracts that Deion Sanders collected over just a few recent seasons, he is at least stepping up and making an effort. He's challenging others to do the same, and encouraging others to get involved and help the situation.
For once, perhaps Neon Deion deserves respect.
