{"id":24764,"date":"2017-09-16T03:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T03:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24764"},"modified":"2017-09-16T03:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T03:43:41","slug":"j-j-watt-now-can-concentrate-fully-on-his-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24764","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Watt now can concentrate fully on his day job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AArZzTx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24766\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AArZzTx-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AArZzTx-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AArZzTx-672x372.jpg 672w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AArZzTx.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>J.J. Watt is a tremendous football player.<\/p>\n<p>He also is a young man with a huge heart. You see, this Houston Texans defensive lineman took it upon himself to help raise money for the stricken residents of his adopted hometown, Houston.<\/p>\n<p>He started out with a goal of raising $200,000 for those who were suffering from the wrath of Hurricane Harvey, which pummeled Houston in late August.<\/p>\n<p>Watt has called a halt to his fundraising effort. He&#8217;s raised a cool $37 <em>million.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/nfl\/jj-watt-ends-harvey-relief-fundraiser-after-raising-more-than-dollar37-million\/ar-AArZxq0?li=BBnb7Kz\">Watt shows his true stuff.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Football League honors one of its players annually with the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. It&#8217;s named after the late, great Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton, who routinely devoted much of his off-the-field activity to helping those who needed help.<\/p>\n<p>J.J. Watt has gone not just above and beyond the call to help his fellow Houstonian and other Texas Gulf Coast residents. He has orbited Earth and at least a couple of other planets in providing assistance to those who remain in serious trouble as a result of Harvey&#8217;s savagery.<\/p>\n<p>As Sports Illustrated reports: &#8220;Watt recently closed the fundraiser after raising an astonishing $37,097,298, which is more than 185 times his initial goal. More than 200,000 people donated, meaning Watt got as many <em>donors<\/em> as he expected <em>dollars<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Astonishing, yes?<\/p>\n<p>I believe young J.J. has earned the Payton Man of the Year Award.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.J. Watt is a tremendous football player. He also is a young man with a huge heart. 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