If you happen to be a weekend rough-touch or flag football player, you’ll be heartened to know that you have something in common with Eagles defensive end Chris Long.
You’re both playing for free this season.
Long, who already gave away his first six game checks to fund scholarships for students in his hometown of Charlottesville, Va., announced on Wednesday that he will use his final 10 game checks to launch Pledge 10 for Tomorrow, a campaign that will promote educational equity and opportunity for underserved youth in the three NFL cities he’s played in – Philadelphia, Boston, and St.