Finsflurry
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Damn, now I feel bad for even joking about it, but we couldn't know and he did make it come off really cheesy.
A news release issued Friday stated Rosenfels was available to make paid personal appearances for such off-beat events as bar mitzvahs, birthdays and Monday Night Football parties. Since then, Rosenfels said what he had thought would be a novel way to capitalize on his NFL status for charity has been ridiculed by the media and teammates as being "a cheesy, flaky thing to try to make money on the side."
Rosenfels had hoped to keep the exact reasons for his involvement private.
But amid growing damage to his reputation both personally and professionally, Rosenfels decided Tuesday to reveal his intentions.
Rosenfels' 33-year-old sister, Jaia, remains wheelchair-bound after a 1992 car accident, which not even his closest teammates knew. Jaia recovered to earn a master's degree and serves on the board of the Iowa-based Everett Connor Center for Independent Living.
Rosenfels hopes to donate any money raised to the center and other charity endeavors in which his sister is involved. One such charity is trying to generate funding for a professional wheelchair basketball league in Fort Myers.
"I can always write a check myself, but I thought maybe I could use my tiny celebrity status in South Florida to do something positive," Rosenfels said. "It ended up being like a big joke. I was hoping not to have to include the whole story of why I was doing this, but I'm disappointed with how this has turned out. I feel I have to do damage control. I'm not a goofball."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...un16,0,1582512.story?coll=sfla-dolphins-front
My bad Sage.
A news release issued Friday stated Rosenfels was available to make paid personal appearances for such off-beat events as bar mitzvahs, birthdays and Monday Night Football parties. Since then, Rosenfels said what he had thought would be a novel way to capitalize on his NFL status for charity has been ridiculed by the media and teammates as being "a cheesy, flaky thing to try to make money on the side."
Rosenfels had hoped to keep the exact reasons for his involvement private.
But amid growing damage to his reputation both personally and professionally, Rosenfels decided Tuesday to reveal his intentions.
Rosenfels' 33-year-old sister, Jaia, remains wheelchair-bound after a 1992 car accident, which not even his closest teammates knew. Jaia recovered to earn a master's degree and serves on the board of the Iowa-based Everett Connor Center for Independent Living.
Rosenfels hopes to donate any money raised to the center and other charity endeavors in which his sister is involved. One such charity is trying to generate funding for a professional wheelchair basketball league in Fort Myers.
"I can always write a check myself, but I thought maybe I could use my tiny celebrity status in South Florida to do something positive," Rosenfels said. "It ended up being like a big joke. I was hoping not to have to include the whole story of why I was doing this, but I'm disappointed with how this has turned out. I feel I have to do damage control. I'm not a goofball."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...un16,0,1582512.story?coll=sfla-dolphins-front
My bad Sage.