I don't buy it. Either story. It's a game. You play to win. If you love the game, you play your heart out, win or lose. Sure, there was a tragedy. You use that to motivate yourself. It's called adversity. Win or lose, you walk off the field knowing that you gave it everything you had or you didn't. And you live with that. And grow from that. Something about backing up and taking a knee offends me. It tells the other team "We kicked your ****** and we feel sorry for you."
There was another similar story recently about the final play of a football game where they let a player with Down's syndrome score a touchdown in a losing effort. They didn't let him play prior to that. What's the lesson learned? We pity you? It just doesn't sit right with me. Life's tough. Learn it and learn to deal with it.
Other than that, it is better reading than that jackass, Kanye West.
