If Russell Wilson is seeking to become the NFL's highest paid quarterback, his motivation could be in seeking the recognition as such that his father never gave him. Or could give him.
The Seattle Seahawks signal-caller, embroiled in contract limbo with the team as he enters the final season of his rookie deal, took time out Sunday from his day-to-day affairs to reflect on the life of his father in theplayerstribune.com.
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Harrison B. Wilson III (Harry) died in 2010 of diabetes, two years before his son was a third-round draft choice of the Seahawks. Russell Wilson's father did not see his son lead his franchise to the biggest championship in football, Super Bowl XLVIII.
"What I love to remember about my father has nothing to do with a football field or a baseball diamond, although he spent countless hours driving me to Pop Warner and Little League games when I was a kid," Wilson wrote on Fathers' Day. "What I remember about Harrison B. Wilson III is how much we laughed and smiled on the journey to those places. Every single morning, when my alarm goes off and I roll out of bed and get into my car to drive to the practice facility or a workout, I put on Earth, Wind & Fire or Michael Jackson or The Supremes on the stereo. I think about how my father used to play those songs in the car on our long drives and sing along."
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"On those drives, he would fill me with so much encouragement and enthusiasm for the game. And for life. I was never nervous, because he was so positive no matter what happened. ... I think about that memory a lot now. Because the thing is, he would have had that same smile on his face even if we had lost. ... Today, I'm thinking about him and the effect he had on everyone around him. And I'm singing along to some soul tunes like I know he would be.
"Thank you for everything, dad. I love you."
The New York Post reported that Wilson had found out he had been drafted by the Colorado Rockies the day before his father's death and said he believed he thought his father was comforted by the news.
"He couldn't speak, but I believe he could hear me,'' Russell said. "I left the room [and] my mom and I were talking out in the hallway for about an hour. I went back into the room and the EKG was moving perfectly fine and I said, 'Dad I'm here,' and about three seconds later, the line went flat. I think that he just knew that things were going in the right direction.''
So if Wilson is seeking a max deal, it could be out of the quarterback wanting his dad to know that thing still are going in the right direction.
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