nobody "owes" him anything.
I'm a Cowboy fan, but puhleeze...the tax payers should thank him for being a good citizen right up to the narcotic delivery charges and for the fact that he wasn't a burden on anybody else.
I'm so sick of the players now wanting to claim the NFL "made" the play hurt or gave them concussions. I'm just hoping that the tax payers don't have to put up anything for Hayes that his family isn't willing to foot the bill.
Well the situation could be changed if:
1. his family follows through
2. some of his former teammates or colleagues in the league decied to pick up the ball
3. some of his fans pick up the ball.
As you say, no one should be forced to do so, ie taxed to mark his grave, but those who cared about him, family, teammates, fans can if they wish. None of us are guaranteed anything here on earth after we died. It is up to those who knew us to honor us or dishonor us as they will.
Maybe not the NFL but what about the US Olympic Committee?
One thing she is firm about, however, is the money situation. When everything is ready, she has no qualms about covering the cost.
"I have no second thoughts about it," she [Hayes' daughter] said. "Whatever it would take, whatever it would mean."
I read it as the city council wanting to fund something for Hayes.
This reminds me of the other day, listening to Fox sports radio, a caller decried the lack of blacks playing baseball. He said MLB should invest money into rebuilding baseball fields in the inner cities so the kids will have somewhere to play. I guess the taxpayer funded welfare isn't enough for the inner cities, now MLB should start a welfare plan as well.