Ricky Williams is retiring

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by skins009

I'm sorry to say but Ricky Williams is cleary a head case. I respect his decition to retire. Its a fee country and you can do what ever you want. But if he thinks the kids in Jamiaca living in tin shakes not knowing where there next meal is gonna come from, would at any moment without a shread of hesitation trade for ricky's life, then he is just a dumb ass. The guy ovouisly doesn't understand how good he has it, even if he didn't like his job of playing a game and being paid millions. I remind everyone again that the guy has a history of depression and might just be in a funk right now.

its a game to an extent but the beating these guys take on their bodies and their minds is far from having a great job. Sure the money makes up for some of at(atleast the signing bonus money), but when a significant portion of that is going to go towards surgeries and physical therapy as your body begins to break down 20-30 years before it normally does, it catches up to u.

I'm am totally blown away about this annoucement as well as the timing of it. I'm all for people doing the things that make them happy(in a legal matter,lol), but being the main offensive weapon for your team and leaving the week before training camp starts is pretty messed up. God knows how different Williams has set himself apart from everyone else since his arrival in the league, but this is even more surprising than Barry Sanders early retirement I believe.
I could see the trade for Ogun. going down now if we offered up betts, maybe another player, and our 3rd round pick. But one things for sure, I think this announcement blows everything else that happened over the offseason out of the water.