Bill to fund mental health programs for university athlete advances


Bill to fund mental health programs for university athlete advances


.....Flowers texted to say “he loved me and he was sorry for what he was about to do, that he couldn’t fight it anymore and had nothing left,” Saltes told legislators on the Senate Education Committee  during a Monday hearing on a mental health measure.

Flowers, a 21-year-old University of New Mexico football player, then used a gun to take his own life. He left his dreams and ambitions “splattered on the walls” of his bedroom, said Saltes, who also plays football for UNM.

He was testifying for a bill that would provide additional funding for mental health programs for student athletes at both UNM and New Mexico State University......

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Bethany`s Notes: Students athletes using their voices to get more help and more support.

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