Bucs sign paralyzed former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand

[CCH]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d828ce85d/article/bucs-sign-paralyzed-former-rutgers-player-eric-legrand?module=HP11_content_stream

A very classy move by Coach Schiano, seems like a very classy guy. They did have a very good draft, and it looks like the future is bright in Tampa Bay.

[Gavin]

Very classy very good gesture on the organizations part especially Schiano

[Susie Q]

Thanks for posting it was a great read and a very classy move on the Bucs part. :bucs: :thmsup: Made that guys day for sure.

[Playoffs2013]

Good for him

[FireJimCaldwell]

Touching story and classy move.

[MTC]

Pure class act made by the Bucs!

[Captain Americolt]

Very classy indeed. I feel very sorry for that guy. I saw his career ending play.

[BleedingBlue]

inspirational story.

[Andy]

Great gesture from Schiano!

[ColtsBlueFL]

Bravo. It's nice to think about others sometimes. That certainly qualifies.

[mystrymaster]

Schiano is a class act and this does not surprise me at all.

There is a pizza place right off campus called Skinny Vinny's pizza (great huge slices) and Schiano came in one time and a lot of students hang out there and he was in there for about 45 minutes just talking to folks and he paid for eveyone's check in there. They have about 6 tables. Great guy.

[Poster X]

It is always nice to hear a good story like this one. Great move by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

[MAC]

Schiano is a class act and this does not surprise me at all.

There is a pizza place right off campus called Skinny Vinny's pizza (great huge slices) and Schiano came in one time and a lot of students hang out there and he was in there for about 45 minutes just talking to folks and he paid for eveyone's check in there. They have about 6 tables. Great guy.

I preferred "Stuff yer Face" myself. : : Don't recall ever seeing any celebrities there. Probably watching my stromboli too closely.

Wonderful story. The NYT has some other details that people might appreciate. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/sports/in-poignant-gesture-buccaneers-sign-paralyzed-player.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=sports

IE: "He said that the team would be mailing him a No. 52 jersey, a Tampa Bay helmet and a contract by the end of the week."

"He was happy to note that his name would be added to a wall in Rutgers’s Hale Center football facility, where former players who reached the N.F.L. are listed."

Personally I've been wondering if Shiano was going to take a look at Gary Bracket. I didn't see this coming - very cool.

[Gramz]

Thanks for sharing. With all the disturbing news in the NFL community lately, it was really nice to read such an inspirational story. Does the good to know there are truly good decent people around.

[jvan1973]

Very classy move..