Robinson's shoe gaffe paying off
HOUSTON - Dunta Robinson's shoe escapade has turned into a $25,000 boost for a facility that will serve underprivileged children.
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The Houston Texans cornerback - a 27-year-old Athens native who starred at Clarke Central - was fined that amount for wearing shoes during the season opener that carried a message directed at general manager Rick Smith: It said, "pay me Rick."
Robinson was upset he and the Texans were unable to reach a long-term contract and skipped training camp before signing.
After writing letters to Smith, owner Bob McNair and coach Gary Kubiak, Robinson was allowed to donate the fine this week toward the construction of a Houston Texans YMCA that will benefit kids in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Before delivering the check, Robinson did arts and crafts with a group of children in a housing development in Houston's Third Ward, a neighborhood that will be served by the YMCA. Dozens of boys and girls from elementary and junior high school giggled and smiled as they decorated wooden Christmas ornaments with Robinson and his fiancee.
"It's a great way to make a negative situation into a positive," Robinson said. "It couldn't have worked out any better than to come down here and give back to this community and see all these kids smile. These people work really hard to keep these kids on the right track so you just want to make it a little easier on them."
Robinson was a first-round pick of the Tex
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