Posted on 09/28/2017 4:32:08 AM PDT by God luvs America
HOUSTON -- Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson donated his first game check to three women who work in the NRG Stadium cafeteria and who were especially affected by the flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
"For what you all do for us every day and never complain, I really appreciate you all, so I wanted to give my first game check to y'all to help y'all out in some type of way," Watson told the woman in a video shared by the Texans. "Here you guys go."
Watson, who has a base salary of $465,000, donated a check for $27,353.
He walked into the cafeteria with envelopes wrapped in ribbon and said, "Hopefully, that's good and that can get you back on your feet. And anything else y'all need, I'm always here to help."
Watson has been on the receiving end of a similar kindness in the past, as he and his family were once recipients of a house built by Habitat for Humanity.
A very decent act for sure.
A very good QB on the field (Patriots fan here), very good person in life. I hope he doesn’t get success poisoning and ruin himself.
He beat us fair and square as far as I am concerned.
This is how professional sports players should be.
Reminds me of Earl Campbell and ‘Bum’ Phillips.
Perhaps 90% pf the players in the NFL are good decent human beings, and wold be exemplary people in any other walk of life.
But there is a small minority that feels like they have been badly wronged in some manner or another, and they have chosen to express that slight to their dignity by disrespecting the national anthem, the US Flag, and the fans who whole-heartedly support all that the Stars and Stripes stands for. When asked just WHY they show such disrespect, doubling down on it, their claim is that they a) hate Trump; b) hate the law enforcement officers all over America; or c) just hate Whitey and “white supremacy” in general. Or maybe all three.
But the flag and the anthem exist apart from these “concerns”, though they may be tied up most intricately with those same “concerns”. Disrespect to the US Flag, or the national anthem, is totally inappropriate, and should be stopped immediately, with a humble and contrite apology to the rest of the NFL fan base, or what there is left of it.
He should be the rule not the exception in the NFL. His mother seems to have raised him as a good man and American.
Pretty cool!
Bravo!
True patriotism in every good sense of the word.
He and his mom lived in a house donated by Warrick Dunn, who himself is one of most decent human beings who ever played the game of football. Nice to see Watson is giving back and I have no doubt he will continue helping others.
I’ve seen a couple of these feel good stories to try to offset this nfl outrage.
Not good enough. Sh*t-can the nfl.
These do-gooders can find other jobs.
Tebow is doing just fine outside of the NFL.
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, no Coke, Pepsi.
This is a commendable act of charity that doesn’t excuse his mendacious employers. Nevertheless, good job Mr. Watson.
This Gamecock fan commends Mr Watson, setting the example that hopefully others will follow
Actually walkin’ the walk, not just talkin’ the talk like Colin Humperdinckie, et al.
Way to give back.
Good job, Deshaun.
Interesting. MLB minimum is $536,000.
I can’t read this without thinking cynically, so I’ll just say “glad these women got some help.”
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