Go Cubs, I guess.
You're right though---I can't picture watching this sport the same way in 15 years.
Imagine this: Another Patriots scandal, or at least potential scandal.
He may play until he's 45, but he'll probably have spaghetti for brains if what she said is true...
https://www.usatoday.com/story...n-patrick/101848324/
Drew Brees won't tell his wife
GB is in the clear then. AR doesn't have a wife to tell - yet. 
And he's not telling anyone in his family.
"Drew Brees won't tell his wife"
Would he need to?
"Dear, you put the baby in the oven again"
"Oh Jeez! Sorry. Goes in the fridge, right?"
Jermichael Finley article...
Nice article on Finley. Sounds like he is all grown up and got his life together. I hope he has a long, always-coherent, memorable, future.
I agree. Nice article on Finley. He admits to initially hiding concussions. And so do others. His experience perhaps provides some in-site into others for whom their after football life didn't go very well.
seems to me, the NFL and/or the NFLPA, should provide easy access to this place in Cali that JF went to for any retired player who wants it. ya know, if they cared.
While it is fun to tease NE fans about Concussion Gate, we should realize that a lot of players on every team probably hides concussions. They may feel they have to in order to keep their jobs.
Dom's been hiding his for years.
"This is sport will die a long grueling death"
So hold on.... Are you telling me Viking fans are going to die a long grueling death following a team in a league dying a long grueling death?
Thank you GL. Thank you.
Goalline posted:
Where are the grammar police when you need them?
I'm already bored of watching.
I don't look forward to gameday 1/2 as much as I used to.
It's something to pass the time on Sundays
"Commissioner. What is you're response to the Aaron Hernandez report that he had stage 3 CTE when he committed suicide? And are you concerned his legal team may file charges based on your history of handling concussions in general?"
"Can't Get Right was sluggin' bitches in G'Ville before he even drafted. BEFORE HE EVEN DRAFTED!!!! Check yo fax!!!"
If Dave Chappelle was commissioner.
Those with Stage 3 of C.T.E. typically had cognitive impairment and trouble with executive functions like planning and organizing. Those with Stage 4, the most severe version of the disease, had dementia, difficulty finding words and aggression.
McKee said in a statement that Hernandez had Stage 3, and that he had early brain atrophy.
He had no problem planning and organizing the posse to go commit murder.
I find it difficult to reconcile loving a sport that tears up the bodies of the players the way football does. Other sports have their issues, but none with the impact of football. If it's not the knee, it's a shoulder or a hip or a neck or a brain. Getting more and more difficult to watch.
- Brainwashed Boris posted:
I'm already bored of watching.
I don't look forward to gameday 1/2 as much as I used to.
It's something to pass the time on Sundays
I hear you. Never turned on the Rams vs Niners game tonight - watched the Crew, grilled out, played with the dog, etc...quite a departure for a guy that grew up playing, Coaching, watching sons play youth/high school/D1 football.....not into it anymore. Will be there for Packer game day, but its not as "important" as it used to be.
Another difference now is that I think players are more inclined to sit out an injury rather than play through it. I think years ago players would get hurt but they played through the "owies". Now, with big money salaries and salary caps, players probably want to be completely healthy before going back in for bone-crunching plays.
Brainwashed Boris posted:I'm already bored of watching.
I don't look forward to gameday 1/2 as much as I used to.
It's something to pass the time on Sundays
I include myself in that group and know a lot of guys that feel the same way for a few different reasons.
Look, player safety is important but the reality is that the NFL is a violent game. You can't change that. There are inherent risks to many professions and these guys are accepting the risks to make more money than most of us can imagine. I'd do it too, as would the vast majority of others.
I started to step away a bit a few years back when the NFL was having a difficult time determining what a catch was. What a silly ****ing process that was and I still get confused from time to time.
I've taken another step away now that politics has been interjected into the game. I watch sports to escape the realities of the daily grind we all go through. I know where to find political information if I want to view it...
I used to eat, breathe and **** sports... especially football. I followed the draft like a religion and rarely missed an NFL game. I knew damn near every player in the league along with where they went to college. SportsCenter was a staple of my day and I damn near had an orgasm when the NFL announced they'd be adding the NFL Network channel that would offer me football coverage around the clock.
But now... I pay very little attention to the draft, if at all. I know very little about the players on other teams. I never watch ESPN unless they are carrying a particular game that interests me.
Yea, I still love the Packers but not nearly as much as I used to. The butterflies leading up to a big game are gone. The hours spent on all things Packer related are history. I tune in, watch the game, get excited/frustrated and then go do something else.
Hey Pakrz, just think.....you can go to these nice new shiny stadiums & pay $12 a beer too!!
Man! I can't wait to stand in line for that!!
Pakrz posted:Brainwashed Boris posted:I'm already bored of watching.
I don't look forward to gameday 1/2 as much as I used to.
It's something to pass the time on Sundays
I include myself in that group and know a lot of guys that feel the same way for a few different reasons.
Look, player safety is important but the reality is that the NFL is a violent game. You can't change that. There are inherent risks to many professions and these guys are accepting the risks to make more money than most of us can imagine. I'd do it too, as would the vast majority of others.
I started to step away a bit a few years back when the NFL was having a difficult time determining what a catch was. What a silly ****ing process that was and I still get confused from time to time.
I've taken another step away now that politics has been interjected into the game. I watch sports to escape the realities of the daily grind we all go through. I know where to find political information if I want to view it...
I used to eat, breathe and **** sports... especially football. I followed the draft like a religion and rarely missed an NFL game. I knew damn near every player in the league along with where they went to college. SportsCenter was a staple of my day and I damn near had an orgasm when the NFL announced they'd be adding the NFL Network channel that would offer me football coverage around the clock.
But now... I pay very little attention to the draft, if at all. I know very little about the players on other teams. I never watch ESPN unless they are carrying a particular game that interests me.
Yea, I still love the Packers but not nearly as much as I used to. The butterflies leading up to a big game are gone. The hours spent on all things Packer related are history. I tune in, watch the game, get excited/frustrated and then go do something else.
When did you become my twin? And what did you do with my real brother?????
Somehow I think I should be more into the NFL but each year that passes I find myself less interested even with our favorite home team.
Part of it is having two children that have a lot of fun activities going on but between all the rule changes and player safety and politics and greed (players and owners) it's just not as fun as it used to be. Or maybe it's just overplayed and too much saturation who knows?
I find myself moving more toward college and HS sports but will admit in terms of pro sports I'm much more amped about the Brewers and Bucks than the Packers. Maybe we've been spoiled or I can't appreciate how good they've been but I can't remember the last time I sat through and watched an entire Packers game from start to finish. I rarely watch other games if they are on.
It's going to be almost 90 degrees and sunny tomorrow so I'm going to be outside enjoying it and maybe listen on the radio or just check in from time to time.
Brainwashed Boris posted:Hey Pakrz, just think.....you can go to these nice new shiny stadiums & pay $12 a beer too!!
Man! I can't wait to stand in line for that!!
This.
The huge percentage of the population who are sick and tired of getting ripped off by corporations and "corporate welfare" have finally woke up and realized that major sport franchise owners are the biggest thieves on the planet and are sick and tired of their spoiled brat employees not being willing to practice properly in order to put a decent product on the field (NFL) or be so inconvenienced to actually have to play two games in two days (NBA) or have to take a month vacation because of a mild calf strain (baseball).
I'm still a football diehard. If GB or Bucky is on I'm watching.
There are two specific changes that have taken place over the past 20 years that have absolutely made it more difficult to follow sports as much as I used to.
1. Nonstop sports coverage. It seemed like a good idea at the time. It quickly got worse when it reached oversaturation. It became intolerable once it reached the point screaming the loudest and making disruptive comments for the lone sake of debate took over. I never watch ESPN or NFLN or FS1 unless an actual game or highlights of a good game are on. Actually, that's not true. I never watch FS1.And don't even get me started on sports radio. The ONLY pre game that's worthy of a look is college game day on ESPN. If anything sports in general have become a little more enjoyable after I cut out all the peripheral blabbering, went and found some insight on my own online from actual informed football people, and simply tune into a Packer or Badger game the second they kick off. I will not watch any NFL pre game shows. Ever.
2. Goodell. The owners love the guy. Fans hate the guy. That's a problem. The concussion discussion isn't new. What is he actually doing to invoke change? Is it really that difficult to identify the safest helmet in the industry and immediately make it mandatory for every team with no exceptions? Is it because he's got contracts with current helmet manufacturers that make things problematic for him? It seems like every decision the guy makes is made with the owners financial interest top of mind. I can't stand Thursday night football. For many reasons. We don't need 3 nights of football. It's oversaturation again (Cuban knocked this one out of the park) . And bad for the players. And now there's word Rodger is looking for a full 8 game schedule in London every year and every team will be forced to play 1 game in London every two years. Meanwhile ratings continue to drop here. Instead of fixing the game for the base the NFL can't exist without (games on Sunday and Monday night only, competent referees, faster games with fewer commercials, better replay system, better equipment (helmets) expanding game day active list, more offseason work) he's focused on fringe nonsense like expanded schedules in Europe. He's making the owners richer while fewer and fewer people watch. That's a trend that's not sustainable. Goodell either needs to change or he needs to go.
Watched the Grandson play high school game last night. Opposing team's QB got knocked into next week by the kid late 4th qt while they were driving for tie which they failed any way. QB gets up late and staggers to huddle to call next play while crowd and coaches all breathe a sign of relief they still had him to try to win the game.
That 17 yr old QB lost more than the game last night and for what?
Went to HS game last week. Safety for local team (good player. Going to get some offers) completely blew up a RB out of the backfield on a swing pass. Hit him like a missle. Put the crown of his helmet right in this kids chest.
Coach called his safety to the sideline. Watched the coach get into him for lowering his head. Coach proceeded to keep moving his face mask up to tell him to see what he's hitting. Then wrapped him up to remind him how he wanted him to tackle. This went on for a full minute. Then he asked him to grab a seat for the rest of the series.
Need coaches to do more of this at the pop warner/HS level. Pisses me off every time you see a kid blow someone up with a borderline hit and the coach celebrates it.