RB Ricky Williams a DO?

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Just read this on CBS Sports:

Ricky Williams planning to retire in two years
According to the Miami Herald, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, has discussed his new retirement plan and his latest self-revelations.

Williams said he feels strongly he will play only two more seasons, then concentrate on finishing the 60 credits he needs for a premed degree, with an eye toward a second career in osteopathic medicine.
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cardiotonic said:
Just read this on CBS Sports:

Ricky Williams planning to retire in two years
According to the Miami Herald, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, has discussed his new retirement plan and his latest self-revelations.

Williams said he feels strongly he will play only two more seasons, then concentrate on finishing the 60 credits he needs for a premed degree, with an eye toward a second career in osteopathic medicine.
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hopefully they base an acceptance (if he gets one) on his grades as opposed to him being a sports icon
 
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i would be the first to recruit ricky williams to my DO school
 
Ricky Williams is a smart dude. He used to score very highly on standardized tests in school and was tracked into his middle and high schools' accelerated programs. At Texas he earned lots of different athletic academic honors and kept a high GPA (a least 3.0 or he wouldn't have qualified for some of the awards he got, but I can't find his exact GPA anywhere). I'm sure he'll deserve his spot in med school.

I read a year or two ago that he was taking his pre-med work at Nova Southeastern and wanted to continue into the osteopathic school there. I think it's a great example, even to set the goal regardless of whether he succeeds, for kids who worship sports stars like him and I'll be very impressed if he follows through.
 
Yea. This has been discussed for a while. If there is anyone that goes all out with holistic stuff, it is that guy.
 
DO2Be2013 said:
Ricky Williams is a smart dude. He used to score very highly on standardized tests in school and was tracked into his middle and high schools' accelerated programs. At Texas he earned lots of different athletic academic honors and kept a high GPA (a least 3.0 or he wouldn't have qualified for some of the awards he got, but I can't find his exact GPA anywhere). I'm sure he'll deserve his spot in med school.

I read a year or two ago that he was taking his pre-med work at Nova Southeastern and wanted to continue into the osteopathic school there. I think it's a great example, even to set the goal regardless of whether he succeeds, for kids who worship sports stars like him and I'll be very impressed if he follows through.
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While he may be smart, any idiot can get a 3.0+ taking "athlete" classes. Especially at big name schools like UT, athletes are "helped" quite a bit. I've seen it happen.
 
TexasPhysician said:
While he may be smart, any idiot can get a 3.0+ taking "athlete" classes. Especially at big name schools like UT, athletes are "helped" quite a bit. I've seen it happen.
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While that may be true he still has to take the pre-reqs which are not athlete classes so it'll even out.
 
TexasPhysician said:
While he may be smart, any idiot can get a 3.0+ taking "athlete" classes. Especially at big name schools like UT, athletes are "helped" quite a bit. I've seen it happen.
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Having worked with the basketball team at UT, I assure you it isn't quite that simple. There are some easy classes, but you've still got to do the work. We didn't have an "athlete" major, like general studies, or some such ****.
 
He's going to get in. Plenty of publicity for the school + URM means he won't need the best stats to get in. Not saying he can't do it straight up, but being a sports star of his caliber couldn't hurt.
 
He's not a dumb guy by any means, but he's always been a little flaky. Med school would be a pretty big commitment. I think he'll need to show them that he's dedicated. Of course, finishing his undergrad coursework would be a nice start.

He was at Texas for four years, but he was only going to school in the fall, because he was playing pro baseball (minors) in the spring and summer, so he didn't really put much of a dent into his degree.
 
I can just imagine Ricky in OMM lab snapping all his partners in half. lmao
 
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As a Dolphins fan I never forgave him for leaving as suddenly as he did, but I have to admit I was impressed when I found out he has been taking 2 classes a semester during the NFL season.
 
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/01/dr-dont-know-has-nothing-on-ricky-williams/

"When asked what type of medicine he was interested in, Williams replied, "osteopathy," which I'm pretty sure is the study of exotic plants."

Are you sure? I thought osteopathy was the study of slugs and their mating habits.
I love how when people don't have the slightest clue about something, they think assumptions are justified. (I realize this guy is joking, but still, its infuriating and getting old).
 
Does that article lose all credibility after that comment or what? lol.
 
Just a word of advice, don't read any of the comments on any the many articles on this subject, they are absolutely infuriating.
 
Yeah, I was pretty surprised when he suddenly retired too. It felt a little surreal for some reason, though biggest nfl shock for me was Sean Taylor, but that's another sad story, another day.

If he's committed, I resepct the man for pursuing this. Good for him to have something to look forward to after football, else he'd be like Favre and have an identity crisis everytime he thought of retiring.
 
jmanpatsfan said:
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/01/dr-dont-know-has-nothing-on-ricky-williams/

"When asked what type of medicine he was interested in, Williams replied, "osteopathy," which I'm pretty sure is the study of exotic plants."

Are you sure? I thought osteopathy was the study of slugs and their mating habits.
I love how when people don't have the slightest clue about something, they think assumptions are justified. (I realize this guy is joking, but still, its infuriating and getting old).
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No, it is the study of beer and other libations! I mean really, people should do some research or at least think before they speak. Wikipedia is a decent resource, and people should use it.
 
DO2Be2013 said:
Ricky Williams is a smart dude. He used to score very highly on standardized tests in school and was tracked into his middle and high schools' accelerated programs. At Texas he earned lots of different athletic academic honors and kept a high GPA (a least 3.0 or he wouldn't have qualified for some of the awards he got, but I can't find his exact GPA anywhere). I'm sure he'll deserve his spot in med school.

I read a year or two ago that he was taking his pre-med work at Nova Southeastern and wanted to continue into the osteopathic school there. I think it's a great example, even to set the goal regardless of whether he succeeds, for kids who worship sports stars like him and I'll be very impressed if he follows through.
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wtf? I went to his middle school (Lewis Middle) and his high school (Patrick Henry) and have never heard of any such programs.
 
RySerr21 said:
wtf? I went to his middle school (Lewis Middle) and his high school (Patrick Henry) and have never heard of any such programs.
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Well, google "Ricky Williams biography" and the same official canned bio pops up on multiple sites. About halfway through you'll find the following:

"Ricky was an intelligent young man who scored well on standardized tests. This got him into his school's accelerated program, but his inability to control his anger constantly landed him in hot water... by seventh grade his grades began to drop. When he was removed from the accelerated program and placed back in the mainstream, he lost interest in his studies entirely. His mother met with school officials and they agreed to transfer him to a new junior high and re-enroll him in the accelerated program. The fresh start was exactly what Ricky needed, and his academic career got right back on track."

Apparently he attended more than one middle school...
 
DO2Be2013 said:
Well, google "Ricky Williams biography" and the same official canned bio pops up on multiple sites. About halfway through you'll find the following:

"Ricky was an intelligent young man who scored well on standardized tests. This got him into his school's accelerated program, but his inability to control his anger constantly landed him in hot water... by seventh grade his grades began to drop. When he was removed from the accelerated program and placed back in the mainstream, he lost interest in his studies entirely. His mother met with school officials and they agreed to transfer him to a new junior high and re-enroll him in the accelerated program. The fresh start was exactly what Ricky needed, and his academic career got right back on track."

Apparently he attended more than one middle school...
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it says that both middle schools had an accelerated program. still doesnt really make sense. and doesnt mention the high school accelerated program. but whatever, it really doesnt matter. they may have had one in the past but got rid of it by the time i was going through either schools. They also may just be talking about the GATE or seminar programs offered at a lot of middle schools (including Lewis), which still exist.
 
RySerr21 said:
it says that both middle schools had an accelerated program. still doesnt really make sense. and doesnt mention the high school accelerated program. but whatever, it really doesnt matter. they may have had one in the past but got rid of it by the time i was going through either schools. They also may just be talking about the GATE or seminar programs offered at a lot of middle schools (including Lewis), which still exist.
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Most people will call honors or college-prep tracks "accelerated" programs even if they aren't really accelerated in the literal sense. I just took that to mean he was enrolled in honors classes, not that he was in some kind of formal program. This would've been the late 80's I think and in decades past it wasn't uncommon to track kids as early as middle school into "college prep" versus "vocational prep" tracks, and incidentally one of the big criticisms was that black males were often dispoportionately placed in lower tracks, even over parental objections. These disappeared mosly in the 90's. If you ever read Dr. Ben Carson's biography, he discusses how his mother had to fight the schools to keep him out of vocational tracks and into college-prep classes starting in junior high too. As a former high school teacher who is a little older and remembers these tracks from the late 80's that's what I got out of it anyway. Schools still differentiate student schedules in high schools today according to future goals, of course, but they aren't the rigid "tracks" that they used to be and as far as I know they don't start in sixth or seventh grade anymore.
 
ricky williams as a doctor? it would be a little strange lol

thats just like when lil wayne said something about getting a degree in psychology lol do you think they would treat the general public just other celebs/athletes, or just have the degree just to have it

can you imagine lil wayne being a psychologist, thats halarious
 
charlie murphy said:
ricky williams as a doctor? it would be a little strange lol

thats just like when lil wayne said something about getting a degree in psychology lol do you think they would treat the general public just other celebs/athletes, or just have the degree just to have it

can you imagine lil wayne being a psychologist, thats halarious
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He could do great as a psychologist!

He could treat depressed men who just need a hot girl.

With help, he could treat kleptomaniacs that prefer bling bling

For OCD patients, he could treat those constantly believe that we on fire.

I could go on and on with this......:laugh:
 
lol could you imagine though, making an appointment with a dwayne carter(not thinking its lil wayne) btw i think thats his real name but anyways walk into his office and hes sitting with his legs folded in a leather chair all serious, and says like sit down or something. i would probaly die laughing
 
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