In an age where many athletes have little education and have no ambition to earn their degree, Ty Warren of the New England Patriots is showing that education is still important to some. This off-season Ty will be attending school rather than attending team workouts and thus forgoing a $250,000 bonus. He would rather attend Texas A&M classes and finish up his degree because he says it’s the right thing to do for his family.
“I try to put the kids in the best educational system possible and I think there is something to be said for their father, who has been blessed to play in the NFL and do something he’s loved to do, going back and finishing what he started,” Warren said from the campus of Texas A&M. “In the big picture, I think it’s important for me to do what I’m doing. I can sacrifice that bonus for that.”
This will be the first time in eight years that Ty will not be attending any sort of voluntary workout sessions before the NFL season. He has always done some training regime to keep his body in condition. This time he will be focusing on conditioning his mind and showing his children, Brionna, Brielle and Bailey, how important their education is even if they are blessed with other abilities. An education is important enough for him to not only pay for the opportunity to be in classes but to also give up easy money elsewhere. That is an extremely admirable decision.
Kids should know who Ty Warren is and understand what he is doing and how they should take the same mindset when it comes to their schooling. Ty has one of the coolest jobs in the world, he gets to play a game for money, but he still values his education. Better yet, he is doing to because he knows his kids look up to him and he is being a positive role model for them.
