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So as not to be conspicuous, humiliated players wouldn’t go out on Saturday nights, wouldn’t wear their letter jackets around, wouldn’t even go to classes on Mondays — and sometimes Tuesday, it turns out (which begins to beg other questions).Anyway, all of that stayed with Snyder, he said, but none of it resonated like this:“There was a young guy in our program who tried to take his life during that period of time. Who had finished (playing), and it had such an impact on him,” he said. “Somebody told me about it, and I was able to find him. I didn’t know my way around here, and it was out by the lake, and off in one of those little park areas down there.“And sure enough they guided me to him … and he was sitting in his car, and he’s got that hose wrapped around from the exhaust into the automobile, sitting there getting ready to give his life up.”Snyder is not prone to public emotion or sharing such details, and he didn’t elaborate on how he was able to intercede.But here he paused and choked up as his eyes misted over.“That really had an impact on me, all of that did,” he said, his voice soon betraying another quiver. “And to think that this silly game has that kind of an impact on the lives of young people.”Snyder noted he recently spoke by phone with “that young person who is doing extremely well right now.”Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/05/4391699/snyders-effect-on-k-state-football.html#storylink=cpy
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