Sean Taylor was one of the best free safeties in the NFL. He was an alumnus of UM and was murdered in his home earlier this week. I’d never thought I’d see another one of UM’s finest football players murdered. He bled to death from a gunshot wound that severed his femoral artery. Friends and family grieve the loss of Taylor as well as fans and classmates from the respected teams he played for. He died at the age of 24, not even in the prime of his career and at a young age regardless.
When I heard the news of Taylor’s death, the first thing that popped in my head was the death of Bryan Pata just last year. Within the last two years two UM player, former and current, were shot and killed. Each of the deaths occurred in or around their homes. “Police have detained at least three people in the Fort Myers area for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.” However, nobody has been detained in the death of Bryan Pata.
Some pro athletes now fear for their lives as well. There was one incident involved Adewale Ogunleye. “The Chicago Bears defensive end had pulled his Bentley out of the parking lot of a Miami hot spot and noticed he was being followed.” Sean Taylor’s death has impacted the NFL as well as the UM community. His death may influence UM college prospects in their decision of which school to play for. Sean Taylor’s death was a tragedy and had an impact on the athletic community.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3127928
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_redskins_taylor_slain
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3133995
2 comments:
I couldnt agreee with you more. The tragic death of Sean Taylor will definitly impact the future of our school. I am sure many recruits will be somewhat hesitant to enroll here because of the recent deaths of Sean Taylor and Brian Pata. what makes matters worse, is that the Miami Police Department has done little to nothing to help solve the murder of Brian Pata. Hopefully, this will not be the case with Sean Taylor and the Police will resolve the case in a short amount of time.
Thank goodness they caught the 4 suspects involved with the shooting. Ive seen many people around campus wearing sean taylor jerseys, me being one of them. It seems like the Miami football team is plagued with tradgeties such as this. I heard on the radio of about 5 different instances even before Brian Pata of wrongful deaths/incidents experienced by Miami players since 1991. Unbelievable...
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