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Just finished up listening to Leigh Steinberg on "The Huddle" radio program on ESPN with John Clayton and Sean Salisbury. Obviously the topic: Ricky Williams. Interesting interview. Basically Leigh Steinberg pointed out that Ricky has always loved football. He said that Ricky has been battling two sides of himself. One side loved football, the other side was searching for higher meaning and eventually that second side won out on the eve of training camp.
Leigh Steinberg was asked if he had any problems with the way the situation played out and he answered honestly. He was against the timing, mentioning how it's just really bad from a player perspective and from a business perspective also noting that Ricky underestimated the devastation his retirement would cause the franchise. Furthermore he said he was against the drug aspect of it noting that all of his clients are preached to time and time again of how important it is for them to be responsible, for they are role models.
As far as Ricky's health is concerned, Leigh basically said the man knows his body better than most people, especially after his hollistic studies. He said that having been thru that hollistic program, there's no going back to drugs or alcohol because hollistic programs absolutely forbid it, no tolerance whatsoever. When asked to step aside and look at the Ricky situation and really gauge how long Ricky might be around, Leigh said that it's up in the air at the moment based on one thing - how this year goes. If he likes this year, he could very well run up into the age of 33. He was pretty adamant Ricky could play that long, it all just depends.
When asked about Nick Saban and Wayne Huizenga, he pretty much only spoke about Nick. He went on to say that Nick was in contact with Ricky right smack after the Orange Bowl and that Ricky likes the guy, they seem to have a bond that he never had with Wanny (obviously).
This was the most indepth Ricky report I have read, seen, or heard in a while. Very informative.
Makes you wonder though. Ricky's obviously got two sides to him constantly trying to run his life. How long will they remain so unbalanced?
Leigh Steinberg was asked if he had any problems with the way the situation played out and he answered honestly. He was against the timing, mentioning how it's just really bad from a player perspective and from a business perspective also noting that Ricky underestimated the devastation his retirement would cause the franchise. Furthermore he said he was against the drug aspect of it noting that all of his clients are preached to time and time again of how important it is for them to be responsible, for they are role models.
As far as Ricky's health is concerned, Leigh basically said the man knows his body better than most people, especially after his hollistic studies. He said that having been thru that hollistic program, there's no going back to drugs or alcohol because hollistic programs absolutely forbid it, no tolerance whatsoever. When asked to step aside and look at the Ricky situation and really gauge how long Ricky might be around, Leigh said that it's up in the air at the moment based on one thing - how this year goes. If he likes this year, he could very well run up into the age of 33. He was pretty adamant Ricky could play that long, it all just depends.
When asked about Nick Saban and Wayne Huizenga, he pretty much only spoke about Nick. He went on to say that Nick was in contact with Ricky right smack after the Orange Bowl and that Ricky likes the guy, they seem to have a bond that he never had with Wanny (obviously).
This was the most indepth Ricky report I have read, seen, or heard in a while. Very informative.
Makes you wonder though. Ricky's obviously got two sides to him constantly trying to run his life. How long will they remain so unbalanced?
