Bears Guard Trying to Raise Diabete Awareness

Bears guard/center Roberto Garza has been busy filming English and Spanish-speaking PSAs for the American Diabetes Association in an effort to raise diabetes awareness, according to a report on the Chicago Bears’ homepage.  Garza, whose grandfather had to have a toe amputated due to complications stemming from diabetes, did a nearly identical run of PSAs in 2001.

Garza is exactly the type of player the NFL should be promoting.  He was the Bears’ nomination for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award last year, and he has been active within his community and charitable organizations throughout his career.  As one of the small but growing number of Latino-Americans in the NFL, Garza sets a very positive example.  If the NFL could find a way to market these types of players and get their troublemakers out of the spotlight, they’d be in good shape.

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