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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:20 pm
by the lurkist
see below
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:22 pm
by the lurkist
pigsteak wrote:the lurkist wrote:how about being raised in poverty, told that being a professional athlete is one of the only outlets for a future you can hope to acheive, and if not for that future you can look forward to being some form of incarceration or just maintaining the status quo of lower socio economic existence.
I would probably go for it.
yawn, obama has gotten to you to...play me a sob story.......
sore loser- wtih emphasis on loser.
you cling to the myth that everyone can overcome the cultural influences on them and boot strap themselves to become neurosurgeons. please- grow up.
you are a responsible adult. quit getting your world view from Rush.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:32 pm
by _Rasputin
Average U.S. male life expectancy = 74.37 years
NFL player life expectancy = 53 to 59 depending on the position, linemen are the lowest.
20 less years and considering their the quality of their health after retirement = Not Worth It. Money can only buy so much.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:02 pm
by pigsteak
cling to the myth? are you kidding me? how's this for a myth...telling a young person that they can make it to the NFL...what are the odds, like 1 in 200,000 high school football players will play in the NFL...
yeah, blame everyone else for "the myth"....
eat that.
postscipt: found my answer..chances of making the NFL from high school....9 out of 10,000..actually, way better than I imagined.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:20 pm
by lordjim_2001
You have to remember that they draft lots of players every year. This is to replace those players that they cut so they don't have to pay their medical bills and pension as per union agreements. Mrs. Lordjim has the wife of a former NFL player cut just before the pension kicked in who is suffering the life time of pain that most of them endure.
On a side note we're trying to convince our nephew to try to get the college scholarship so he can be a football coach instead of having the final goal be the NFL. Not as good pay but without the lifetime of pain and a much better chance of actually succeeding.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:24 pm
by Crankmas
the cheering crowd is worth the pain- were talking football not some run and pull your jersey off to reveal your sports bra new age feel good shit here- its football- cowboy the hell up - Alabama fan- knock knock... whose there? Bear.. Bear who? How quickly we forget...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:07 pm
by michaelarmand
the lurkist wrote:
sore loser- wtih emphasis on loser.
you cling to the myth that everyone can overcome the cultural influences on them and boot strap themselves to become neurosurgeons. please- grow up.
you are a responsible adult. quit getting your world view from Rush.
You grow up! This is 21st century America, Obama just proved you can become the leader of the free word!
When will people ever accept responsibility? Is life 100% fair? NO! But blaming your problems on "cutural influences", give me a break....
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:23 pm
by krampus
michaelarmand wrote:the lurkist wrote:
sore loser- wtih emphasis on loser.
you cling to the myth that everyone can overcome the cultural influences on them and boot strap themselves to become neurosurgeons. please- grow up.
you are a responsible adult. quit getting your world view from Rush.
You grow up! This is 21st century America, Obama just proved you can become the leader of the free word!
When will people ever accept responsibility? Is life 100% fair? NO! But blaming your problems on "cutural influences", give me a break....
thats just how good we really have it right now
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:46 am
by the lurkist
You are woefully in need of some white guilt.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:46 am
by michaelarmand
Seriously lurkist, are you like 90 years old? Were you waist deep in the Jim Crow south? I have no guilt for my race,gender,faith,sexuality,hair color, etc. Why should I, what have I done wrong?