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Originally posted by Billy Ocean
You didn't answer the question. Does his contractual commitment to his team matter?
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Depends, did he take the money or didn't he?
If he didn't take the money then his health and desire becomes first and foremost.
If he took money and pays it back same thing.
As seen in all sports a player can be signed and then have a "bad knee: stomach virus: hangnail: undisclosed ailment" and sit on the DL.
He's being a man and saying "I can't play the game anymore" for whatever his reason. I respect ANY athlete that walks away at the top of his game, rather than staying too long and looking like Willie Mays did in the '70 All Star game, or Ali in his last fight, and so on.
I'm sure it was hard to walk away from all that money and the pressures from agents, family and team to stay, but a man has to do what he feels is right for him and I respect that.
He can walk away as a man and sing as Sinatra sang,
"For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!"
More power to ya Ricky.