NFL Players in Mahahual, Mexico

Yesterday was kind of a slow day here in Mahahual.  There was only one ship in town, The Star out of New Orleans docked at 10am and was here until 6pm.  It was king of overcast and the weather was not great, so a lot of people stayed on the ship and did not a lot of excursions.  Well after a day of work at the port, I headed out into Mahahual to check on the tourists and see what was going on in town and have some lunch.  I was at my usual spot on the beach and just finished lunch when I noticed on the beach in front of me about 5 guys and their wives and girlfriends.  These guys were big guys and several of the black guys were not that big but you could tell they were very athletic by their build and stature.  I have been around a lot of football players in my day, and I said to myself these guys got to play football.  What I also noticed was that several of the guys were wearing New Orleans Saints shirts, and it hit me the Star cruise ship leaves from New Orleans, and these guys play for the Saints.  Well they were drinking and having a good time on the beach, and everyone of them had a very attractive wife or girlfriend.  Well after awhile it got later and it got time for people to start getting into taxis and heading back to the ship to get back in time for ship to depart.  I was sitting in my chair and one of the wives of one of the football players saw me and noticed my hat and asked what kind of hat was I wearing and I told her it was my South Carolina Gamecock hat for my alma mater, University of South Carolina.  Her husband said ” South Carolina”, and kind of laughed.  He was huge so I did not say anything.  She then asked me did I live here and all the usual questions, and I told her yes, and I asked her these guys are New Orleans Saints football players aren’t they?  She said yes how did you figure that out, I told her these are the biggest guys we have had on the beach all year, and I noticed the shirts and the guy with dread locks I had seen before.  I asked her if I would have heard of any of these players and she told me yes one of the players was Chris Ivory, a running back.  I told her I had heard of him and then asked them if they had ever heard of George Rogers who went to college with me and then ended up being Rookie of the Year for the Saints in the early 1980s.  They all looked at each other and said no, man did I feel old then.  Well they had a good time and got into a taxi and headed back to their ship and expressed what a good time they had in Mahahual and the Tropicante.  You meet all kinds of different and interesting people in Mahahual on the beach. 

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