Kris Durham had been through hundreds of game days. His plan, naturally, was to arrive early, get dressed, take the field and warm up.
Nope, he was told. Taking the field would have to wait.
An under-15 youth soccer game had to finish first.
The former Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans receiver laughed. This was a place so far from where he had been and, yet, so much of where he wanted to be.
“That,” Durham said.