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A Role-Model for Public Figures?

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A Role Model for Public Figures? By Bob Boog

Vince Young may always be remembered by USC fans as the tall Texas quarterback who in 2006 dashed their hopes for a national championship. In a game likely to be remembered as one of the greatest in college football history, Vince Young helped Texas defeat USC 41-38 in the Rose Bowl.

But in this time of immature behavior among sports figures,/celebrities/public figures Vince Young stepped in and did a nice thing for two kids that were hurting. The current quarterback of the Tennessee Titans surprised the sons of his deceased friend, Steve McNair, by taking McNair's sons to their school's "Dear Dads Breakfast" on Wednesday in Nashville. (McNair was shot and killed July 4, 2009).

Young said that he had often looked up to the older man, McNair, when he was a kid, and he didn't have to think twice about doing this for his sons, Trenton and Tyler.

"Those are my boys,'' Young told The Tennessean. "I wouldn't say it was to pay anyone back; it was just out of love. Steve would do it for me. He pretty much did it for me when I was growing up. "I have a history with the boys and I want to do anything I can. I am their big brother.''

 "It was a great, great gesture,'' said Julie Dilworth, admissions director at St. Paul Christian Academy. "All the kids had been talking about the dads' breakfast and (Trenton and Tyler) were wondering what was going to happen with them. "They were thrilled ... the boys came to school with huge smiles on their faces.''

Young knew McNair, who quarterbacked the Titans from 1995 to 2005, long before entering the NFL, having attended youth football camps. He also spoke at McNair's funeral in Hattiesburg, Miss.

At the breakfast, Young gave jerseys and autographs to several students.

It often doesn't take much for sports/public figures to smile for pictures or sign autographs. We more or less expect them to do these things. But to step in and take two fatherless boys to the Dad's breakfast at the school? Vince Young stepped up and by showed that at least on that day and in that moment, he was not only a role model for two grieving boys, but a shining example for public figures everywhere too.