Erik's dad has lovingly compiled a list of all Erik's football scholarship offers, which he stores in a file on his computer. Erik is a football star in the making, and his dad is determined that he should fulfill this destiny. He keeps a meticulous record of all the schools that have made Erik scholarship offers so that when the time comes for him to make his final decision, he's as well-informed as he can be.
When Paul takes a sneaky peak into the folder he finds that most of the schools listed haven't actually expressed an interest in Erik. A few have, though: Rice, Baylor, and Houston have all sent letters to Erik. But Paul notices that the dates on all these letters are all from around the same time: right after Erik's junior season in Houston. He further notices that his dad hasn't replied to any of them. Paul doesn't know the reason why, but later on he'll discover that it's because his dad has realized that Erik won't be able to pursue a football career unless he deals with his many psychological issues.
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