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Old 12-24-2012, 10:50 AM   #1
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Ryan Freel Memorial Donations

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The tragic death of Ryan Freel, one of Redleg Nation's own, has led the moderating team here at RedsZone to start up a fundraiser for the Cincinnati branch of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. We are accepting donations until the end of January, at which point 100% of the net donation is going to be given to AFSP-Cincinnati.

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Old 01-17-2013, 10:40 PM   #2
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Re: Ryan Freel Memorial Donations

Freel had issues with alcohol that date back to his time with the reds. I wrote about them then and was attacked by people who didn't want anything "bad" written about him. He was crying out for help then -- but was ignored by people that only liked him because he was a Red. They coukld care less about truly helping the guy. Now the depths of his despair hit a ppoint to where he said -- "I quit" -- and those same people want to offer up a few dollars -- interesting.
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Freel had issues with alcohol that date back to his time with the reds. I wrote about them then and was attacked by people who didn't want anything "bad" written about him. He was crying out for help then -- but was ignored by people that only liked him because he was a Red. They coukld care less about truly helping the guy. Now the depths of his despair hit a ppoint to where he said -- "I quit" -- and those same people want to offer up a few dollars -- interesting.
It seems like you're painting with an extremely wide brush here.

Regardless, the money is going for a noble cause, and this thread is not to meant to ignite debate about the past.
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Old 02-01-2013, 04:07 AM   #4
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It seems like you're painting with an extremely wide brush here.

Regardless, the money is going for a noble cause, and this thread is not to meant to ignite debate about the past.
Bad to here about this, didn't even know about it, guy was a good player, however I try to stay away from players personal life's. I try not to judge people by the bad they have done so I would rather not hear any bad! I do hope for the best for his family, if I had extra money to donate I would.
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