MB Note: "They came to Natomas High School on Saturday and paid $60 for a chance to realize an improbable dream. Some were former National Football League players, some had played in college, and some only in high school. There were 260 of them, pectorals and biceps bulging out of identical "Sacramento Mountain Lions" T-shirts, all sweating for a spot on Sacramento's newest professional sports team."
MB Note: "The chances are slim: Of the 800-plus men who are expected to try out, 30 will make the team roster. And "making it" means all the NFL's blood and sweat divorced from the money and fame – far fewer fans and a starting salary of $40,000 compared with the NFL's $325,000 minimum."
MB Note: "Linebacker R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane flew from Hawaii while two aunts, whose combined weight would not have added up to his, looked on in sun hats. Kiesel-Kauhane's uncle became paralyzed in the 1980s after a college football injury."
About how his Uncle encouraged him to fulfill his NFL dreams, RJ said:
"His dream was to play in the NFL and he encouraged me to fulfill his dream." (MB)
http://www.modbee.com/2010/05/16/1168687/hundreds-try-out-for-sacramentos.html
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