Minnesota Governor and Democrat Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz reportedly told a former player to “keep playing” as he battled criminal and alcohol-related issues.
An article in The Ringer on Wednesday featured a story about a member of Walz’s 1998 Mankato West High School football team in Minnesota.
Dan Clement, a former linebacker for Mankato West, told The Ringer how his experimentation with alcohol in high school eventually turned into an alarming situation in the summer between his junior and senior seasons when he was arrested multiple times for underage drinking.
Faced with a suspension going into his final season, Clement decided not to play at all. That decision reportedly did not sit well with Walz, the team’s defensive coordinator at the time, who told Clement the team “needed him.”
“We need you,” Walz reportedly said. […]
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