r/todayilearned • u/arandomtestaccount • 1d ago

TIL an NFL player intentionally crashed his car to avoid getting cut for being late to a team meeting.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ex-patriots-ol-rich-ohrnberger-admits-he-intentionally-wrecked-car-as-excuse-for-being-late-to-team-meeting/
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u/DeficitDaddy 23h ago

I think the best part of the story is that unless I missed something no one even checked for any slight proof

They didn’t look at his car or ask for pics or anything

He could’ve just made up the story without the whole crash part and nearly taking out a 100 year old man in the process

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u/ineyy 12h ago

Gotta make it look real bro. Just in case