Ex-NFL Player Killed In Afghanistan

[AnONyMuS]

Ex-NFL player Tillman killed in Afghanistan
Former Cardinal gave up big salary to join Army Rangers
BREAKING NEWS
NBCSports.com news services
Updated: 10:26 a.m. ET April 23, 2004

Pat Tillman, who gave up a lucrative NFL contract with the Phoenix Cardinals to join the Army Rangers, reportedly has been killed in Afghanistan.

In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Tillman decided to turn down a three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the Army.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4815441/

[Kami]

god bless that man.... all i have to say

[!Hard.Knock!]

Yea feel tha same way more bless his fam though

[azy]

idiot.

[Murk Diggler]

^^^U Could Say...But He Deserves Recognition...

[One]

how is this man ANY different from the hundreds of other american soldiers who died in this war?? or thousands of people TOTAL who died in this war?? he isnt.. i hate celebrity status.. people making him look like hes better than everyone else cuz he played in the NFL.. who the fuck cares.. no news paper article on the computer programmer who died last month from a suicide bomb.. like shit.. hes a man.. yes.. prolly a good man too, thats for god to decide not I, but anyways.. he is no different from anyone.. i hate how the media glorifys him because he was a celebrity (one i had never heard of before his death) like damn.. GOD BLESS every soldier who has died.. not just this guy cuz he played football

[HauleWood]

Originally Posted by One

how is this man ANY different from the hundreds of other american soldiers who died in this war?? or thousands of people TOTAL who died in this war?? he isnt.. i hate celebrity status.. people making him look like hes better than everyone else cuz he played in the NFL.. who the fuck cares.. no news paper article on the computer programmer who died last month from a suicide bomb.. like shit.. hes a man.. yes.. prolly a good man too, thats for god to decide not I, but anyways.. he is no different from anyone.. i hate how the media glorifys him because he was a celebrity (one i had never heard of before his death) like damn.. GOD BLESS every soldier who has died.. not just this guy cuz he played football

Dude, you think just like me, thank you..What makes him better then the rest who lost their lives? Nothing at all!!!

[AnONyMuS]

n both of you are idiots...i didnt put it up b/c he was a star that died at war...check some other posts from me about 5-6 months ago...i also got threads like this for other entertainers of any kind sports/music etc....

[Prestige]

how is this man ANY different from the hundreds of other american soldiers who died in this war?? or thousands of people TOTAL who died in this war?? he isnt.. i hate celebrity status.. people making him look like hes better than everyone else cuz he played in the NFL.. who the fuck cares.. no news paper article on the computer programmer who died last month from a suicide bomb.. like shit.. hes a man.. yes.. prolly a good man too, thats for god to decide not I, but anyways.. he is no different from anyone.. i hate how the media glorifys him because he was a celebrity (one i had never heard of before his death) like damn.. GOD BLESS every soldier who has died.. not just this guy cuz he played football

^No, he could have had his life made if he signed the dotted line on his football contract. But, he chose to help his country. It doesn't make him better than anybody else that is fighting in Iraq, and yes every soldier who has died should be repsected, but this man said no to a rich life to help people he didn't know.

[One]

anonymous ill not saying anything negative about you posting this.. i was only responding to the artical its self because i had already read a similar one in my paper..


prestige, i understand all that and he did sacrifice a lot, i just get fed up with headline articles in news papers being bullshit.. thousands have died in that war and you hear about only a few specifically always because they are known somehow.. i'd rather see a section of the news dedicated to the war and everyone who has died in it

[AnONyMuS]

/\/\find me a article with all the peoples names n ill make a thread for everyone of the people that died showin them respect...

[hostILL force]

prestige is right,he had the option to sign with the cardinals.Which would've left him here in the states to play football.Instead he chose to go defend his country

[HauleWood]

Originally Posted by Prestige

^No, he could have had his life made if he signed the dotted line on his football contract. But, he chose to help his country. It doesn't make him better than anybody else that is fighting in Iraq, and yes every soldier who has died should be repsected, but this man said no to a rich life to help people he didn't know.

NO!
Why is he the only person being glorified when there are others in the same branch that also lost their lives while on duty? Dude, stop being ignorant, your just another victim of the media. Theres families in the US with dead soldiers who still dont know that their love ones dead but as soon as a football player dies they broadcast that ish!? it makes no damn sense.

[HauleWood]

Originally Posted by hostILL force

prestige is right,he had the option to sign with the cardinals.Which would've left him here in the states to play football.Instead he chose to go defend his country

A majority of the us army, left BUSINESSES behind to join the war, but they are glorified? Come on now.

[R.D.]

Any soldier deserves recognition but he did die so blessings to his family...

im on a base with marines and army basic training, and that shit hit home because everyday someone dies and we know we goin next so shit like this really opens your eyes