He was a friend. He was a tough negotiator, but we always felt that a player Ron represented would be someone who had a lot of integrity. That says a lot. Recently, he came to feel as if he had been tilting at windmills. Now it's about marketing, about making movies.
Players are too busy doing endorsements and avoiding people.
They don't have time to go to the court and practice. People just forget what their primary source of earning is. Ron Grinker made a nice living off his sports practice, but he might have done better had he been in it strictly for the money. He made the mistake of caring too much. So should we all.