Myron Rolle Will Open Your Mind
March 19, 2017 5:52 PM Subscribe
What happens when a player chooses academics over immediate NFL success? (Mefi previously) In the case of Myron Rolle, dreams come true- after four years of medical school, he learned Friday
he had been matched for his long-dreamed of residency in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard.
I'm glad he will be able to study (and maybe treat) brain damage rather than suffering it. That seems like a win-win.
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:35 PM on March 19, 2017 [17 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:35 PM on March 19, 2017 [17 favorites]
That's a great story. It's too bad he didn't find what he was looking for in the NFL but I'm glad he was smart enough to not throw away his entire future on them.
posted by bleep at 7:57 PM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by bleep at 7:57 PM on March 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
Why should you have to choose? You can be a starting offensive lineman in the NFL and get your Ph.D. in math at MIT in the offseason.
Feeling unproductive now?
posted by escabeche at 6:26 AM on March 20, 2017 [9 favorites]
Feeling unproductive now?
posted by escabeche at 6:26 AM on March 20, 2017 [9 favorites]
Former professional football player and U.S. Supreme Court justice Byron White. (Who I can't claim to have heard about until he was mentioned in connection to the Gorsuch hearings and I looked up his Wikipedia entry.)
posted by XMLicious at 4:31 PM on March 21, 2017
posted by XMLicious at 4:31 PM on March 21, 2017
The Washington Post was with Myron when he opened his letter, and gives some more details on his background (I had been curious if he was influenced by Ben Carson, which not surprisingly he was).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:12 AM on March 22, 2017
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:12 AM on March 22, 2017
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