This week I was browsing through The Denver Post when I found a story on Kenny McKinley’s death. It was called “Police: Broncos' McKinley depressed about injury before death” by Mike Klis. It was about Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley suffering from depression after his knee surgery four weeks ago. He killed himself Monday afternoon by shooting himself in the head. McKinley didn't know what he would do if he couldn't play football because football was all he knew. Investigators with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said no suicide note was left by McKinley. He was only 23 years old.
I feel really bad for him. But in a way this was a very selfish act. He didn’t think about how everyone would feel if he did it. Now his whole family, the whole Bronco team, and all of Denver are going to suffer from this. This teaches me that sports can’t carry you your whole life. You need to value your education and learn as much as you can. Most of these NFL players cruise through college using football. They don’t know what to do besides football. Not all of us are going to get great opportunities like professional athletes. We all need to find a real profession that we can always fall back on. If sports are all you know how to do you are going to be in trouble once you quit or retire, and you’re in the real world. I don’t mean to harp on anyone’s dreams, but we all need to be realistic. McKinley didn’t know what to do. So he didn’t have anything to live for. So my question to you is what do you want to do when you grow up? All of you who cost through school and life better shape up and get your act together. These four years of high school are going to go by quick, and we still need to have fun but work hard at our futures.
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