Sunday, February 23, 2014

You Don't Know Bo

In the beginning of You Don't Know Bo it tells myths of Bo Jackson's superb athletic ability. In high school Bo played Baseball and Football and he did not want to stop with either one of them. Alabama scouts approached him and Bo wanted to go there, but they said he would not start until he was a sophomore. Then Auburn approached him and told him that he could start as soon as he got there. During his senior year he met with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and they told him it was completely legal for him to meet with them. When he got back to Auburn he was warming up to play baseball and the coach came up to him and told him that he could not play the rest of the season because he broke NCAA rules. Bo went back to Tampa and told them that if they picked him first round of the draft he would not play. When the NFL draft came around the Buccaneers picked Bo Jackson. He stuck to his word and refused to play for them. Then Bo decided to play in the MLB and he went to the Kansas City Royals. While playing there the Oakland Raiders wanted him to play football for them. Bo accepted and played for them. Bo played until the Cincinnati Bengals game when he was tackled from behind and broke his hip. Bo never played football again. He decided to get a artificial hip and then underwent vigorous rehabilitation so that he would play in the MLB again. In 1991 Bo Jackson played for the Chicago White Sox even though he would never be the same again. Bo was the only player to play in both the Pro Bowl and the MLB all star game. He also was the reason behind Nike's popularity with their "Bo Knows" Campaign.

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