The NFL: Where 'I don't have that kind of money' happens

By Joe Tone on Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:45 am

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Ginn's bus tour helped payers like Ryan Driggins showcase their talents for schools that otherwise would never had heard of them.

Interesting story in this morning's Plain Dealer about the annual summer bus tour of Glenville football coach Ted Ginn, who for years has been taking young football players -- from his school and schools around the metro area -- on tours of Midwest colleges, to work out for prospective coaches. Ginn, a native of the Glenville neighborhood and tireless advocate for kids, has had amazing success with a wide range of players -- from standouts like Ray Small and Robert Rose (who now play for Ohio State) to lesser players like Ryan Driggins, a lineman who stood less than 5-foot-6 but somehow got a deal to play college ball in West Virginia. (Like almost all of Ginn's players, Driggins came from an environment not exactly conducive to academic success. And sadly, he never did make it to college) In today's story, Ginn says the tour might not happen, because -- despite helping launch the NFL careers of a few players and saving countless others from Cleveland's Grand-Theft-Auto-esque streets -- he hasn't received any donations: ...