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O’ Captain! My Captain: an open letter to JT Barrett.

“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act, the good. Each should have its own reward.” – George R.R. Martin

Its the summer of 1998, July 29th to be exact; and the Dallas Cowboys are conducting training camp at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, your hometown. All was normal that afternoon, as Vinny, the barber for the Cowboys, set up his chair in room 212 of the Cowboys’ dorm and prepared to give a haircut to any player who asked for it. As Vinny finishes with, defensive back, Charlie Williams, clippers in hand, Everett McIver sits down.