[rawlingsfan]

Watched the show and all I'm going to say is that I feel sorry for the kid. I watched him play once and he was a pretty good football player. But while watching him he seemed lazy and thats understandable comming from a family that he came from. But can I ask this question if his home life is so bad then how come he went back home? If you want out as bad as he says he did you go to a college that will give you a full ride even if it's a college like Kentucky Christan. Watching him he obvisouly didn't want to make much of his life any way and like said in a previous thread how are you going to talk about people being poor and you have your own cell phone, computer and vehicle. Plus to make things even more intresting how do you get your class work down and sleep in the locker room. I bet this kid was given a little more help then they were trying to show on this show. It's tv they try to make things seem 10 times worst then what they really are.

I think that was the point of the show, people from Appalachia want to stay there regardless of the circumstances. Pikeville College is the closest college with a football program to Shawn. Pikeville is in Appalachia.

It's easy to make statements about "leaving" and not coming back when you have been raised in a stable home where you have been taught and "expected" to make a better life than your parents have. Poverty is a vicious cycle that is hard to get out of. That's why generations of people have received welfare from the government.
We are a product of our environment, it is hard to re-program a kid that has not been use to having anything. Why do you think the NFL has a program for rookies to prepare them for their new life style?