Great day to be a Pioneer! 2021 grad Will Lee @TheBlanket8 was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 4th rd pick 129! 2020 grad Ja’Mori Maclin @routerunner9 is headed to the Buffalo Bills on a undrafted free agent deal! Congratulations fellas well deserved…we are proud of you!
The guy squirting water into Zach Ertz’s mouth is Joe O’Pella. He’s an athletic trainer that’s been with the team for over 15 years at this point.
NFL teams don’t really have water boys, athletic trainers are usually the ones responsible for having water on the practice field and during games, but this post is absolutely hilarious.
A guy who rehabbed my ACL tear in my second year, has a masters degree from Pitt, and has years of experience keeping Eagles players healthy and on the field being called a “Waterboy” is crazy, and I’m already giving him shit for it, but good lord this post is so wildly misleading.
Either way, thought I’d clear the air, that the people with Water Bottles during games actually serve much bigger roles on NFL Teams.
Athletes and parents of athletes:
What would be a reasonable salary for someone who does the following?
- emergency management
- orthopedic exam
- injury rehabilitation
- risk management
- care coordination
- *has* masters degree and state medical license
#AT4All
It’s that time of year where I cram as much social activity as possible into a 2 month period so I can remember what it means to feel alive and have energy for things I actually wanna do
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