After filing his retirement papers in February 2007 Tiki Barber has announced his intentions to return to the NFL. If Barber is successful he will have done what no other running back has done before and return to the game after four years away from it.
Barber’s decision to retire in 2007, at the age of 31 was a very unpopular one. Many were upset that the Giant’s running back was retiring when he was right at the peak of his career. He recently gave his reason for retiring when he did as simply; “I didn’t want to do it anymore”.
In an interview with HBO Sports Barber stated that he needs the sport and that he knows he is going to be successful. Some have said that he is returning to the NFL for financial reasons, after an expensive divorce from his wife. However, this is a claim which Barber denies.
Whatever his reasoning for returning to the NFL, he seems to have regained his passion and hunger for the game and it is that which I think will ultimately make his return a successful one.
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