Dez Wells discovers a picture of himself in an anatomy textbook
Many college athletes feel exploited when they see their image on a billboard advertising season ticket packages or their jersey being sold at the campus bookstore.
Maryland wing Dez Wells experienced the same sensation at a completely unexpected juncture.
Wells received a message from a friend who was flipping through the pages of his human anatomy textbook and found a picture of the 6-foot-6 senior playing basketball for Xavier a few years ago on the first page of a chapter entitled “Qualitative biomechanical analysis to improve training.” That predictably floored Wells enough that he tweeted a photo of the page and his thoughts on discovering himself in it.
I’m in a human anatomy book & has no idea! College books cost a lot too #ShowMeTheMoney #NCAA… http://t.co/MwnOXwIRv5
— Dez Wells (@Dez32Wells) September 23, 2014
The Sporting News did some quick digging and found that the book is entitled “Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise” and costs $74.44 on Amazon, not a penny of which will go to Wells. That seems reasonable since he’s not essential to the book the way he is to ticket or jersey sales, but it’s a testament to the charged climate in college athletics today that even something this small would inspire that reaction from Wells.
(Thanks, Sporting News)
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