You know when you were a kid and saw something you wanted to buy, but didn’t have enough money, and hoped a complete stranger would see you, feel sorry, and buy it for you? For one boy in Virginia, it was his lucky day, thanks to a couple of NFL players.
Washington Redskins running backs Rob Kelley and Keith Marshall were at a Gamestop and saw a young boy asking about the price of a video game. The two running backs looked at each other and decided to do something nice for the kid.
At first, the kid didn’t know how to react. I mean, I can see the kid’s point. It’s not every day someone comes up to you and offers to buy an Xbox. To make sure, the boy went to get permission from his grandmother.
Here’s more, from ESPN.Com:
“The first thing that clicked in my head was, I always wanted someone to do that for me when I was a kid. I’ve been in that place where I wanted something and couldn’t have it,” Kelley said. “So it felt good just to be in a position to spare two, three hundred dollars to help a kid out like it’s not going to affect me no type of way. Why not? I understand what he’s going through.”
“I had moments where we were poor and moments like, we were never rich, but moments where I had a scooter and other kids didn’t have a scooter. But we had moments where all we had to drink was water. So I’ve been in both parts. It’s so easy to identify certain things with kids.”
After talking to the family and getting a pic with them, Kelley and Marshall weren’t really planning on posting anything on social media about their good deed. I don’t think anybody would blame them if they did post to social media, but according to them, it didn’t really matter who knew what they did.
“That’s not what I did it for,” Kelley said. “It’s cool that everyone knew it, but I’m not trying to promote it. Me and Keith, we didn’t want to take a picture because we didn’t want to make it seem like we’re trying to make it seem like that. We had a conversation for a long time and talked to the GameStop people for a minute. But we wanted to make it known that it was not a publicity stunt.”
Christmas may be three months away, but this kid got his Christmas early thanks to a couple of football players. Rob Kelley and Keith Marshall gave a kid an experience he’ll never forget, and if he wasn’t one already, he’s probably going to be a diehard Redskins fan from now on.
[ESPN]
