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Howie Long's son is a real mensch.
NY Times, Oct. 20 2017
Chris Long of the Philadelphia Eagles to Donate Entire Salary
By VICTOR MATHER
Chris Long, the Eagles defensive end, will donate his entire salary this
season to charity.
Long announced this week that he would send his last 10 game checks to
educational charities in the three cities where he has played,
Philadelphia, St. Louis and Boston. This season he said his first six
checks would go to to scholarships at a private school in his hometown,
Charlottesville, Va.
Long, 32, is to make a base salary of $1 million this season.
“I’m playing the entire 2017 N.F.L. season without collecting income
because I believe that education is the best gateway to a better
tomorrow for everyone in America,” Long said in a statement.
He told The Associated Press on Wednesday, “I think we can all agree
that equity in education can help affect change that we all want to see
in this country.”
Long, the son of the Hall of Famer and broadcaster Howie Long, has been
involved in charity and activism for some time. He started a foundation
two years ago that supports causes including assuring access to clean
water worldwide, fighting homelessness, supporting veterans and helping
children in need.
Long, who is white, drew attention this season for putting his arm
around his black teammate Malcolm Jenkins, who raised his fist during
the national anthem to protest discrimination and police brutality.
A member of the champion Patriots last season when they won the Super
Bowl, Long was among several members of the team who chose to stay away
from its White House visit with President Trump.
“Some people are tired of hearing me tweet because they want me to stick
to football but I like to use social media like I was a regular guy
because I think I am,” Long told NBC Sports Philadelphia in August. “I
don’t tell people to stick to their job when they want to talk politics.”
Referring to neo-Nazis marching in his hometown, he said: “For me, being
from Charlottesville, no one wants to see you sit idly by and watch that
stuff happen and not say anything. And I wish there was more categorical
denial from some very important people in this country who have had the
opportunity to strike it down but didn’t.”
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