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ON Real Sports. Again. As a dumbass attention whore junkie.
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DJ_Tet
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He was on Jim Rome this week. Carried an hour plus of the show. I think his story is important, and although it pains me that he wasted so much talent here, at least he is exposing some of the hypocritical shit in the NFL. He's not nearly the waste that say, Rae Rae was. I wish him the best.
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Can you believe he was once a DT in the NFL? He's tiny now..
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I must be in a cave. Does he have a story?
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In the odd case that you aren't being sarcastic, I think he definitely has a story. He got addicted to vicodin from injuries accrued in the NFL. While I'm sure most NFL players don't get an 80 pill a day habit for vicodin like Peter did, the opportunity is there. He talked about how the NFL can't test for opiates like heroin because everyone takes pain killers to stay on the field, to play the next week. With Peter's addictive personality, he developed a severe physical addiction to pain killers, eventually taking 80 a day.
Once his body broke down (if you remember he needed neck surgery again to possibly play, and had a chance of being paralyzed if he continued to play), he had a huge drug habit to maintain. Eventually, he tried heroin, as it was much easier to get than 80 vicodin. The sudden failure in the NFL plus the realization it was all gone caused him to attempt suicide, even writing a note. He woke up however, and sought treatment. After falling off the wagon once, he went back into treatment for a year. Now he's coaching high school in California.
His honesty in the interview was very blunt and shocking, especially as a Panther fan who watched him play. I wish him well in fighting his demons, and I would imagine there are more athletes and certainly kids who can relate to his story. The fact that he can face his past so openly as a path not to take, stories like that need to be told to.
edit---I want to make it clear that Peter NEVER blamed the NFL or anyone else for his problems. He owned them as he should have. Strangely enough, in the whole hour +, he never mentioned the Carolina Panthers by name. Rome once said he played his pro ball in "Carolina" but the franchise itself was never mentioned. I imagine that is some sort of nod to Richardson, but that may be reading into it. Of course, when the story was on Real Sports, it played differently. I didn't notice if they mentioned the Panthers, but obviously being a tv show vs radio they had NFL highlights. And Peter played all four of his years in Panther colors, so every highlight they show is instantly recognizable to the team.
Once his body broke down (if you remember he needed neck surgery again to possibly play, and had a chance of being paralyzed if he continued to play), he had a huge drug habit to maintain. Eventually, he tried heroin, as it was much easier to get than 80 vicodin. The sudden failure in the NFL plus the realization it was all gone caused him to attempt suicide, even writing a note. He woke up however, and sought treatment. After falling off the wagon once, he went back into treatment for a year. Now he's coaching high school in California.
His honesty in the interview was very blunt and shocking, especially as a Panther fan who watched him play. I wish him well in fighting his demons, and I would imagine there are more athletes and certainly kids who can relate to his story. The fact that he can face his past so openly as a path not to take, stories like that need to be told to.
edit---I want to make it clear that Peter NEVER blamed the NFL or anyone else for his problems. He owned them as he should have. Strangely enough, in the whole hour +, he never mentioned the Carolina Panthers by name. Rome once said he played his pro ball in "Carolina" but the franchise itself was never mentioned. I imagine that is some sort of nod to Richardson, but that may be reading into it. Of course, when the story was on Real Sports, it played differently. I didn't notice if they mentioned the Panthers, but obviously being a tv show vs radio they had NFL highlights. And Peter played all four of his years in Panther colors, so every highlight they show is instantly recognizable to the team.
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I'm ok with it.
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Wait until he uses.
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I like him more now
