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<blockquote data-quote="paulska" data-source="post: 598679" data-attributes="member: 557"><p>Reggie White remains, after all this time, the consensus greatest free agent signing of all time. Yes, his deal was breathtaking at the time he signed it, but what he delivered in terms of value for play was every bit as special. He remained the dominant force at his position throughout his tenure in GB.</p><p></p><p>So many people snidely remarked that Reggie's faith took a back seat to the huge money he took to come to Green Bay, but they overlook that he took millions from that contract and bankrolled two different community banks/charities in Tennessee and Green Bay that taught thousands of people caught in generational welfare how to vision and start their own small businesses and become owners/entrepreneurs and leave poverty behind and become leaders in their communities. Urban Hope continues to operate in both Chattanooga and Green Bay these many years after Reggie's death, and his singular work and vision for what his money could accomplish to better the lives of so many who loved to see him play and many who didn't even know who he was remain the bar for the charity work of pro athletes today.</p><p></p><p>It could be argued that Reggie White's charity work is a touchstone for the micro-credit approach to foreign aid adopted by many NGO's that is transforming the lives of women and rural agricultural based communities in African and South East Asia. Many had a lot to say about his religious views, but those same religious beliefs are what motivated him to find groundbreaking ways to make a difference through charity work because of the groundbreaking contract he signed. Agree with what he believed or not, Reggie more than put his money where his mouth was.</p><p></p><p>Oddly enough, Charles Woodson is similar to Reggie White in the value he provided given what was an enormous contract signed, and in that he has been a consistent supporter of charitable work that will have legacy effects for generations (didn't he make a several million dollar donation to a hospital at the University of Michigan?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulska, post: 598679, member: 557"] Reggie White remains, after all this time, the consensus greatest free agent signing of all time. Yes, his deal was breathtaking at the time he signed it, but what he delivered in terms of value for play was every bit as special. He remained the dominant force at his position throughout his tenure in GB. So many people snidely remarked that Reggie's faith took a back seat to the huge money he took to come to Green Bay, but they overlook that he took millions from that contract and bankrolled two different community banks/charities in Tennessee and Green Bay that taught thousands of people caught in generational welfare how to vision and start their own small businesses and become owners/entrepreneurs and leave poverty behind and become leaders in their communities. Urban Hope continues to operate in both Chattanooga and Green Bay these many years after Reggie's death, and his singular work and vision for what his money could accomplish to better the lives of so many who loved to see him play and many who didn't even know who he was remain the bar for the charity work of pro athletes today. It could be argued that Reggie White's charity work is a touchstone for the micro-credit approach to foreign aid adopted by many NGO's that is transforming the lives of women and rural agricultural based communities in African and South East Asia. Many had a lot to say about his religious views, but those same religious beliefs are what motivated him to find groundbreaking ways to make a difference through charity work because of the groundbreaking contract he signed. Agree with what he believed or not, Reggie more than put his money where his mouth was. Oddly enough, Charles Woodson is similar to Reggie White in the value he provided given what was an enormous contract signed, and in that he has been a consistent supporter of charitable work that will have legacy effects for generations (didn't he make a several million dollar donation to a hospital at the University of Michigan?). [/QUOTE]
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