From the Baltimore Ravens: “Deion Sanders, Ed Reed and Alan Ricard challenged all professional athletes Friday to donate $1,000 to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, saying that NFL players alone could raise more than a $1 million. “

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“When the tsunami hit, we saw pleas from stars, celebrities,” said Sanders, who said he has friends and family affected by the horrific storm. “They reached out, reached into their pockets and gave thousands, consequently millions, to a cause. Somehow or someway, we don’t see the same response, even though it’s in our own backyard.
“We feel this.”

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“To see the city of New Orleans, a place where I am from, looking like a Third World country is hard,” Ricard said. “It is not going to take one person; it is going to take a nationwide effort for this to get done.”