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There's probably some kind of mathematical equation describing how the rowdiness level of room increases as you add teenage boys per square foot, but I don't know the specific math of it. What I do know, after Tuesday's Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation 4th & Life High School Football Forum at FedExField, is that roughly a thousand high school upperclassmen football players squeezed into a relatively confined space = a lot of rowdiness.The 4th & Life program -- sponsored by Coca-Cola, fact fans! -- is, in essence, a forum for current professional football players to impress upon high school football players just how important education is, and just how ephemeral a football career can be. Tuesday, it was Lorenzo Alexander, Kevin Barnes, Malcolm Kelly, and Brian Orakpo.They each addressed the students -- who were from all over Maryland, Virginia, and the District -- and then took questions in a Q&A format. Alexander, as the senior player, also served...
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