37 MILLION DOLLAR CENTER TURNED REAL LIFE OLD MCDONALD

   Imagine you're a sports agent who has been representing an all pro multi-million dollar center for the last seven seasons and he calls you and say I am done with football and he's not injured, How would you react? Well Browns agent told him "You're are making the biggest mistake of your life," Brown response back to him was "No I'm not." We all know when it comes down to sports it's a big business, excuse me a BIG money making business especially in the NFL. When you're in the position to represent a offensive linemen especially an all pro linemen it's a very lucrative pay day for you as his agent. Brown made a decision that most of us would frown upon, call him crazy, call him stupid and DUMB, he quit playing professional football to become a farmer.

   

   Jason Brown a stand out center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill started his NFL career in 2006 with the Baltimore Ravens playing three seasons in Baltimore. In 2009 Brown signed with the Rams and that's where he signed a five year $37 million dollar contract, but he let that all go to head back to North Carolina Louisburg to be exact and bought 1,000 acres of land to start farming sweet potatoes. When you read his story you would assume that Jason knows something about farming right? The answer to that is nope. Jason did what the average person does on a regular when they want to learn how to do something he went straight to the internet. Jason Browns "First Fruits Farm" wasn't bought for personal use or financial gain, he did it to help lower the rate of hungry and needy people in the Louisburg area and probably other parts of N.C. Brown promises to donate the first fruits of every harvest that he pulls in to the local food pantry to help the homeless and needy people and families and he did that. Rebecca Page who organizes food for the needy families stated "It's unusual for a grower to grow a crop to just give it away.' Well Jason did that in abundance. As of today Jason has grown 100,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and will give away more next year once the weather breaks. Brown believes that the NFL is great and he had a great job, but he believes that a life of service to others trumps the NFL.  

   

   Eliminating hunger with his farm was just the beginning for Jason Brown, on Tuesday of last week Brown delivered his own baby because the mid wife couldn't make it on time. A real life SUPERMAN in the making. Who said you can't help others and in the process be a doctor as well. The question I leave all of my readers with is what do you think about Jason Browns decision?  and If you were in the same position as he was with a multi-million dollar contract would you leave it on the table?