What happens in the bleachers is that all the old football players talk about their greatest memories. This helps because it breaks the ice for other football players from different times to get to know one another. And maybe to get a few things off his chest such as “fifty thousand bucks in cash” which was offered to Neely to go to Tech this needed to be said a long time ago. This contributes to Neely’s recovery because he is surrounded by old Spartan football players and some of his close friends in high school. Also Neely can catch up to where everyone is and what everyone is doing. Also to visit the place where he grew up and to see the field that he worked on for his high school days. although Neely didn’t want to come back he felt that
