I LEAVE NO DOUBT, THAT “THE GREAT NFL RUSHING CHAMPION AND RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS PLAYER” IS 1/ONE OF MY “ALL TIME FAVORITE PLAYERS” AND YET, FROM AFAR, HE IS ALSO 1/ONE OF MY “ALL TIME FAVORITE PERSONS/MEN/BLACK MAN”!!!
SOMEHOW “WE-THE-PEOPLE”, HAVE SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME WRAPPING OUR BRAINS AROUND THE FACTS THAT THESE “VERY SPECIAL/TALENTED CELEBRITIES/ATHLETES=”ARE HUMANS/PEOPLE, TOO”=EXCEPT WITH VERY “GOD-GIVEN” ATHLETIC TALENTS!!!
Emmitt Smith: A Champion On and Off the Field for Opioid Education
The opioid crisis has left a devastating impact on communities across the United States. As the nation grapples with the rising number of opioid overdoses, public figures and organizations are stepping up to raise awareness and provide solutions. One such individual is former NFL star Emmitt Smith. BlackDoctor.org sat down with the Pro Football Hall of Famer, who has joined forces with Emergent’s “Ready to Rescue” campaign, which aims to combat opioid emergencies and overdoses to discuss his personal connection to substance abuse and why he chose to join the campaign.
Emmitt Smith’s Personal Connection to the Opioid Crisis
Like many individuals, Smith has faced the heart-wrenching loss of a loved one due to opioid addiction. In the 1990s, the former Dallas Cowboys running back lost a teammate to a fatal overdose. While it’s not confirmed if the teammate died as a result of an opioid overdose, his death is indicative of the dangers of substance abuse.
Additionally, Smith’s sister struggled with severe pain management due to being placed on opioids after undergoing chemotherapy. This resulted in two alarming episodes.
Smith’s connections aren’t isolated events….CONT…
AND READ ALSO, THIS: (https://blackdoctor.org/emmitt-smith-life-after-football/) AND EVEN, WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, ABOUT THE “HUMAN BRAIN/NEUROLOGY/FIRING PATTERNS/BODY CHEMICALS RELEASED (https://www.familymediasite.com/im-w-o-k-e-why-anger-does-more-and-better-than-calmness-you-wouldnt-like-me-when-im-angry/#warrior_LtG1R31699356718277)=©I’M W.O.K.E. & I’M PROUD!; WHY “ANGER”, DOES MORE AND BETTER THAN “CALMNESS”!! =”You Wouldn’t Like Me, When I’m Angry”!…ALL OF THESE THING ONLY “VERIFY AND BACK UP MY YEARS AGO “CONCLUSIONS” =THAT THE HUMAN BRAINS ARE “NOT” MEANT TO “JUST TAKE EVERYTHING THROWN AT THEM OR UP AGAINST THEM”!!
Emmitt Smith: Breaks Down The Brain & Body After Football (STORY/ARTICLES OF BLACKDOCTOR.ORG)
When Hall-of-Fame Running Back, Emmitt Smith retired early in 2005, he already planned out the second half of his life.
He knew that among people who weren’t fans, or football buddies of his — especially outside of the markets where they play — were often more shielded from public recognition than other athletes.
“Unlike basketball and other sports where you’re able to see the faces clearer,” Smith said. “That’s the challenge that most football players have to overcome.” And Smith didn’t intend for his public life to end after football.
“I went and studied and — learned about the real estate development business,” he said. He is now the “Smith” in a joint venture called Smith-Cypress Partners, which includes former Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach.
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Emmitt Smith: Breaks Down The Brain & Body After Football
When Hall-of-Fame Running Back, Emmitt Smith retired early in 2005, he already planned out the second half of his life.
He knew that among people who weren’t fans, or football buddies of his — especially outside of the markets where they play — were often more shielded from public recognition than other athletes.
“Unlike basketball and other sports where you’re able to see the faces clearer,” Smith said. “That’s the challenge that most football players have to overcome.” And Smith didn’t intend for his public life to end after football.
“I went and studied and — learned about the real estate development business,” he said. He is now the “Smith” in a joint venture called Smith-Cypress Partners, which includes former Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach.
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His big third-season win on “Dancing With The Stars” in 2006 gave him priceless exposure of both his face and personality. But not all football players have had the same luck as Emmitt.
READ: Junior Seau, The Truth Behind Black Suicide
In the aftermath of former All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau’s suicide in 2012, Emmitt Smith took to Twitter to express his condolences. He also reached out to current and former players to wake up to the new reality facing all of them regarding life after football and the issues of head trauma and depression.
Smith, who is not only the league’s all-time leading rusher but who also has more carries than anyone in NFL history, admits he worries if the game will take a toll on him mentally and physically one day.
“Why wouldn’t I worry?” Smith said. “The evidence is starting to pile up. You are talking to a guy who carried the ball more than anybody in NFL history. I pray about it.”
Smith said he doesn’t know exactly what happened with Seau, but it’s personal for him because the two were…
rookies together in 1990 and his first game was against Seau and the Chargers at Texas Stadium.
“I don’t know all the details around his death outside of the suicide speculation, which I guess is a good assessment,” Smith said. “What you don’t know is what Junior was going through. You never know what another person is going through. A lot of people on Twitter and elsewhere want to know how somebody with that much money can be depressed and commit suicide.”
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Smith said it frustrates him when people think that athletes or celebrities shouldn’t have problems because they supposedly have money.
“It’s never about the money,” Smith said. “It’s about the individual person, whether that person has fulfillment in life, having meaning and find a way to have joy and peace in their life. If you don’t have those things and don’t have a sense of self worth left, depression can set in and lead to other things. It’s just a sad situation. I don’t look at it lightly. I don’t know if it was head trauma or not.
“Where Junior was at today mentally, players may not identify with because they are in the now. He was in the yesterday. They have to realize his yesterday is their tomorrow. Just going through life itself and through the transitions of leaving a sport we all played for a number of years. Sometimes when that light goes out it’s hard to find another light that fuels you.”…CONT…
MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I “WROTE/PUBLISHED” A “COPYRIGHTED PAPER”, WHICH “EXPLAINED” THE “EXPLOSION TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME” BRAIN WAVE/VIBRATIONS OF MILITARY PEOPLE/SPORTS HUMANS/EVEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT PRIMARILY RUN THOSE “CONCRETE BUSTING UP MACHINES” SOOO, MY “COPYRIGHTED PAPER” GOT ME TO BECOME GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE “FOUNDER/CEO OF THE WORLD BRAIN MAPPING FOUNDATION”=HE WAS SOOO EXCITED TO SEEK TO KNOW HOW A “NONE-MEDICAL/NONE BRAIN SPECIALIST”=(ME) COULD HAVE WRITTEN SUCH A FANTASTIC PAPER ON THE BRAIN AND NEUROLOGY ISSUES!??
I OBSERVED MY BROTHERS AND MY NEPHEW AND OTHERS WHO CAME FROM THE MILITARY AND I OBSERVED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ATHLETES IN ALL CONTACT SPORTS AND HEYY, EVEN MY OWN EXPERIENCES OF SPORTS AND WORK WITH “BRAIN-SHAKING” AND VIBRATIONS IMPACTS..
THE HUMAN BRAINS AND BODIES ARE NOT/WERE NEVER MEANT FOR THE STUFF WE PUT OURSELVES THROUGH!!
