He just wants to be happy

I don't follow football enough to know the names of very many players. I know the Broncos have Peyton Manning, and, therefore, a winning record to make many thousands of Coloradans happy.

As happens every day, a Bronco player made the news here in Colorado today. This story was different. A player named John Moffit quit,

leaving $1 million on the table, including about $312,500 for the remainder of this season and $752,500 in non-guaranteed salary in 2014.

Moffit told the Associated Press,

I just really thought about it and decided I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all. And I think it's really madness to risk your body, risk your well-being and risk your happiness for money. "I just want to be happy. And I find that people that have the least in life are sometimes the happiest.

Moffitt said he wants to spend more time with his parents in Connecticut and with his girlfriend and her 5-year-old daughter in Seattle. He said his father is "my best friend and I never get to see him."

"Once you tear away all the illusions of it, it's hard work. And it's dangerous work. And you're away from your family. And it's not good for families. It's very tough on families," he said.

Moffitt is also glad to leave the league on his terms.

"I'm ready to go to work and start doing other things right now," Moffitt said. "So, it's a smoother transition and I'm still young enough to start a career, and my body's healthy and I'm good. I look at it as a great start to life, you know?"