Fujita retires as a Saint (1 Viewer)

[*_deuce_*]

I wonder if he`s gonna get involved with the organization in some way like other players do when they leave the game?
That would be great.

 

[Rick Grimes]

I remember his interview on WWL within hours of signing a contract with the Saints.. You could feel it in the air... There was something special happening..

and sure enough... It happened.

Thank you Scott.. You have done more than you'll ever know.. For the fans, take one more Bow as the Asian Assassin

 

[The Objective One]

He was pretty decent for the four years he spent here. Let's not act like he was anything special though

 

[saintsfanfl]

Scott's video from high atop the Andes Mountains announcing his retirement.

Scott Fujita Announces His Retirement

Damn...Dude just made me cry at my desk @ work.

 

[saintsfan26]

Scott's video from high atop the Andes Mountains announcing his retirement.

Scott Fujita Announces His Retirement

Damn...Dude just made me cry at my desk @ work.

I cried too bro. Fujita almost cried at the end of that video when he was reading his wife's text message about the city of New Orleans.

"I will forever be grateful for the city of New Orleans"

Scott Fujita "A true Saints legend"

 

[saintsfanfl]

I cried too bro. Fujita almost cried at the end of that video when he was reading his wife's text message about the city of New Orleans.

"I will forever be grateful for the city of New Orleans"

Scott Fujita "A true Saints legend"

That's what caught me. When he started to choke up reading his wife's text is when I started to tear up. Both because of what he was saying and because of my own personal passion for the city of New Orleans. I may not live there anymore, but it's in my blood, heart and soul till the day I die.

 

[Geldo]

Thanks for the memories Scott - you were a true Saint, and will always be remembered as one of the men who took us to our finest hour.
Good luck in the future.

 

[tylertechsas]

I wonder if he`s gonna get involved with the organization in some way like other players do when they leave the game?
That would be great.

I hope so! Maybe as a coach as well even! Just an incredible man of character.

 

[Danneaux]

The Wish of an NFL Wife

by Jaclyn Fujita

I am a pro football player's wife amd my husband has been knocking heads for the last 20+ years. We choose this path. The burden—whatever it may be—rests on our shoulders. This was the dream we decided to chase.

Honestly, though, I don't know that we were fully aware of the ultimate reality of the National Football League. We learned the hard way that he would work his *** into the ground, playing every defensive down and special teams, and would be the lowest paid man on the roster. That he would experience multiple concussions, but remain on the field. That he would suffer full ligament tears and shouldn't have been walking, but team doctors would tell him it was a "minor sprain" and should still play. That even though you have given your heart and soul to a team, they can easily replace you with a rookie who has never played in the NFL before.

My husband could have lost his life to a staph infection. His NFL doctors and trainers were heating/icing/stemming his knee for a bursa-sac rupture and ignoring all the major signs of infection, while his body was screaming that something else must be wrong. He ended up in an emergency operation weeks after symptoms began. Following five nights in hospital isolation and many weeks beating back the infection, he was ready to play for the city we love and a team we built our life around. He would help them win the coveted Super Bowl Championship. Less than a month later he would be gone, feeling completely expendable and replaceable as if his blood, sweat and tears did not matter.

Now I know many don't want to hear our complaints: we made our bed and now we have to lie in it. But what about the pro football players of tomorrow who have no idea what they are stepping into? Boys who are playing football because they love it and have found something they are really good at? They see the pride on their family's faces every time they strap on that helmet, but these young men have no idea of the pain they will endure or the true uncertainty of their career choice. They have no idea how long they will work or when their bodies will say "no" to the abuse. What these men need to know is that as they step on the field and risk major injury—while generating billions of dollars for this industry—the billionaires who write the checks are not looking out for them. They need to know that they are going to be lied to. They need to know that when they suffer an injury they will be told they should buck up and play.

But the day will come when they decide to walk away from the sport they played for the last 20 years of their lives. The sport which taught them to play through pain, to never complain, to never stop, to yell, to scream, to hit, to fight, to destroy the man in front of them, to work until they puke, to lay their body on the line every Sunday and just hope that they walk off that field and aren't carried. That day will come when they leave this game—the game that used them and abused them, yet the game they loved so passionately.

Each man will walk away thinking that if his knees are to give out, hopefully it happens in the next 5 years before his health coverage expires. And if he has to cover himself with money from his own pocket, he will hope it doesn't break him. Insurance companies aren't looking to cover the 10-year veteran pro football player with the pounding migraines and ALS or severe depression that could be lurking just around the corner. His knees and back are sure to give out faster than the average person, and he may lose his mind due to all the concussions.

And here they are, simply asking the men who profit from their work, to PLEASE look after their health, as they should have done throughout their career. They ask this so that someday, the young boy who chooses this path knows he will be protected the way he deserves. So his mother, wife, or child will know that even though that hit looks awful, there is someone on the sideline with his best interests at heart. So future NFL wives who watch their husbands unable to get out of a chair on a Tuesday, yet still strap it come Sunday, will be taken care of. So the man who is sacrificing his body and mind for the thrill of the game can be confident that his work will not go unnoticed. He will not be forgotten. He will not go unprotected. He will have earned the right to be taken care of for life. He will be kept safe from his damaged body and mind. For it was those bodies and minds of 53 men on 32 teams who every year generate billions of dollars for this industry. They deserve to be cared about.

That is my wish for tomorrow's boys, men, mothers, fathers, and wives who will build their lives around this American pastime. They will have something when their money runs out. And when their aches and pains become unbearable, they will have the comfort of knowing that their blood, sweat and tears will carry them for the rest of their lives. They did not sacrifice their health and well-being for nothing. They will not be forgotten.

Wish of an NFL Wife | The Nation

Shortly after their release

 

[Ti Rider]

Fujita will always be a Saint. Next stop.....Saints HoF.

 

[nolaspe]

Here's his press retirement press conference...

Scott Fujita's Retirement Press Conference

 

[WhoDat9to12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtOoXQj9fnw

 

[hardhead233]

That was a very touching video!! Best wishes to Fujita and his life in retirement!!

 

[SaintJ]

That, my friends, is a mensch.

Thank heavens he's a Saint for life. We've been very lucky with the men who've crossed our way: Fujita, Gleason, Brees, Archie, Predator, Fast Freddy, Beerman....the list goes on and on.

 

[JPPT1974]

Wishing him the best of luck in the future! As his non-football life has already just begun!