Fuck the NFL

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Originally Posted by ChrisCantSkate

its a TEAM sport, not an individual sport. what one player might think is the best might not be, thats why you have coaches. as far as the concussion, do you have any idea what the long term effects of multiple concussions is? you can be 35 and have the brain of a 85 year old. sure you may have had one and been fine the next day, but im sure you avoided, or at least you should have, any situation where you may have another one too soon. in boxing your not aloud to fight 60 days after you get knocked down the first time, 90 the next. you know why? to protect the persons health. and being a QB in the NFL, you are the #1 target for that defense to hit every time the ball is snapped until it leaves your hand. i cant believe you brought soccer into a toughness argument. i love soccer, i watch as many premireship games as i can, but the truth is they are floppers and fakers worse than the NBA. football players throughout the years have played with broken fingers, hands, arms for some of em, dislocated bones, etc. im not saying that makes them the toughest, but i'd say more than not want to play through injury, but they have their coaches looking out for the long term best interest, not what the guy feels in his heart at that moment in time. if he cant play to his 100% they why have him in and do more damage to his body when you have a backup for a reason. i dont think your concussions(i might be wrong) are nearly as severe as the ones handed out in the NFL. the mild ones go unnoticed, when your just a little dizzy and lightheaded, but when you dont know what plkanet your on, the year, your name or any of the shit that happenes when you get drilled like trent green did(im guessing you saw the hit, since you called him out for not playing next week after) when everyone thought his neck was broken, then you can give some shit about having a concussion. its a rough sport, aside from rugby, and maybe hockey, its godda be one of the hardest hitting. i dunno man it struck a nerve on me when you start ripping on football for how much of a crap sport, or not even a sport, or how they are pussies or whatever else you try and say. its pure raw coach v coach, player v player competition unlike any other sport in the world. its everything, the coaches have to call good plays at the right time, players have to play all the time. taking a play off could easliy cost you a game alot more than in most games. theres research and prep that gores into each game, you have to play different to every team, its not to be taken lightly

oh and, the only reason i brought the kung-fu up was its something i personally dislike about as much as you do football from what i've gathtered, but i keep to myself about it since other people enjoy discussing it and whatnot, with football you always jump on the moment to bring it down for god knows what reason you have... they always seem skewed and misinformed to me.

your intent was to poke into the gut of football, you know it was. look at the title of the thread, then you post legal copyright laws(which they have to draw the line somewhere or someone would just make a shit ton of money off the NFL, their marketing and not pay a penny, its called good business to protect your investment, every movie, sport, etc has something similar). then your only other statement was a shot at the sport.

Truth be told I don't mind football. I'll watch it if there's nothing else on. But it's so vastly overrated that it's almost saddest thing I've ever seen. It's like church for some of these dipshits. These assholes get paid millions of dollars to suit up in a few dozen pounds of padding and go tackle each other then whine like babies when they stub their toes. Yeah, I saw Green get hit. He's still a pussy. I'm not saying he should've been back on the field for the next play or even a week or two later, but 6 fucking weeks? Please. Try making today's football players play in the same get ups guys used when the league started (old pads, old helmets, etc.). I bet half of them would walk. Love of the game, my ass.

And really, if all I wanted to do was rip on football I could've just posted this as "fuck football". The NFL isn't football...it's the organization that oversees football. A friend sent this to me because he knows how much I hate stupid copyright issues...not because of how I feel about football. In fact I'm pretty sure I've only ripped on football once or twice on this board. I know I ripped on fantasy football once...I still contend that has to be the gayest thing ever.