Vanir Ausf B Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Many end up brain dead at relatively young ages. To be fair, the average life span of an NFL player is longer than the national average. And concussion symptoms are not an issue unique to football. It's big problem in girls' soccer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim1966 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Hey Womble - I played Rugby Union for years - gave up when we had kids but then went back for three seasons recently but forced to 'retire' again after breaking a rib. Still miss playing - love the game. Personally if you want to talk about 'hard' games Rugby League is I reckon the hardest. Big guys making big hits - nutters!:eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hey BLSTK, careless spelling errors due to lousy typing skills don't count! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hey Erwin, maybe you'll get a new keyboard for Christmas! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Don't know a whole lot about rugby, but it looks like a brutal sport. One thing about American football especially at the pro level is you don't really get a sense of just how huge and how fast players are by watching it on TV. GO to a game and you'll really get a sense of just how fast and how big the players are. I'm sure many NFL players can sprint faster than most people while wearing full gear. To be hit by some of these gorillas at full speed would be like getting hit by a car. Like many/most Americans I simply cannot get into soccer. I've tried. The best thing I like about the World Cup is the Women of the World Cup photos-that I can appreciate. Someone posted the US cable companies are going to start charging by the bandwidth to make up for the lot customers. I'm sure Nexflix and Amazon will simply counter and we'll just go back to the days of getting DVD's via the mail or a combo of downloads and mail. Someone will come up with something else to counter the cable companies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Lee Irked Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 To be fair, the average life span of an NFL player is longer than the national average. And concussion symptoms are not an issue unique to football. It's big problem in girls' soccer. I can't quote the source but the average life span of an NFL player is 55 years old.:eek: Only beat by Pro wrestling at 50 Steriod use has a lot to do with both. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Apparently not according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-05-08/Study-shows-NFL-players-live-longer/54847564/1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethe415 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pro wrestling... that's an oxymoron... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 that's an oxymoron... Not sure what you mean, but Brock Lesnar certainly did the wrestling show part and the MMA figthing part quite well. Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pro "Wrestling" is more a misnomer than an oxymoron, cos it's really "Pro Wrestling-based pantomime" (Oh yes it is!). Which isn't to say that its cast aren't pretty outstanding athletes, and some of them can probably even wrestle a bit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 IMO, many sports fans that I have met are lardasses who couldn't run a mile or deadlift 300 lbs. As for "professional wrestling", well, we all know it just drama, but then again, so is most of professional sports. In the immortal words of Ric Flair: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 While many sports fans are certainly out of shape, many others are. It also changes over time. I consider wrestling entertainment, but they are athletes. You don't do those moves without training and physical conditioning. Some time ago there was debate whether NASCAR drivers were "jocks". Many think they are not athletes. I think they are. Maybe not in the traditional sense, but they do physically excert themselves tremendously in each race. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Honestly when I watch all the prancing and "moves" in professional football I feel not much different than watching pro wrestling... ill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Lee Irked Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Apparently not according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-05-08/Study-shows-NFL-players-live-longer/54847564/1 I was only aware of the (as found in the comment section of your link) the North Carolina University study. Interesting thanks for that. We are very off topic but... Curlers now there is a group of Uber athletes . And I am sure the collective wargamers here are juggling time between PBEM and running marathons . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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