NFL player gives up $37 million contract to buy farm, grow sweet potatoes

[Blast From The Past]

LOUISBURG, N.C. (Nov. 17, 2014) – The $37 million contract wasn’t worth the punishment—and a former NFL player found his calling plowing fields in North Carolina.

St. Louis Rams center Jason Brown quit football to become a farmer in Louisburg, N.C., CBS News reports.

He finds it more fulfilling than sports even though he didn’t know anything about farming. Brown watched YouTube videos and talked to local farmers before buying 1,000 acres to grow cucumbers and sweet potatoes.

Video:
http://fox59.com/2014/11/17/nfl-player-gives-up-37-million-contract-to-buy-farm-grow-sweet-potatoes/

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Good for him. If he's happy with that then that's a good deal for him.

 

[nablives]

Kudos to him for having some character.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Lol. Crazy.


Play a few years and literally buy a farm in very state lol

 

[WoodysGirl]

Kudos to him for having some character.

You can be rich and have character.

I'd change it to kudos to him for doing what makes him happy.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

You can be rich and have character.

I'd change it to kudos to him for doing what makes him happy.

Those poppet unites are not available to everyone in a lifetime.

He'll regret it one day. He could have done both.... And still have character, happiness and money.

 

[nablives]

You can be rich and have character.

I'd change it to kudos to him for doing what makes him happy.

Never said you couldn't have both, but his decision to pass on $37M to do something he loves, which should pay him considerably less, takes character.