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Double Barrel said:
Why not be honest with your question?

How many players died from 1960-80's football prematurely and suffered serious brain injuries later in their lives?



Look, we get it, you don't care about the players after the NFL has used them up. Your perspective has been very clear in that regard.

tbh, I'm still not sure why you even bother watching such a sissy sport as the modern NFL.
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One thing that always bothered me about the CTE thing - pro wrestling doesn't get credit for blowing the lid off it, and they rarely get mentioned. It was the Benoit tragedy that first got the ball rolling (Originally written-off as roid rage). And a Harvard educated pro wrestler of all things. You have to wonder how many generations of football players, boxers, and wrestlers were ruined by it before it came to light. All of those "punch-drunk" boxers...
 
Mollywhopper said:
Right, the same college football that has players kicked out one after the other after the other and so on for targeting..
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I'm assuming that JB is using the same sarcasm that I've been using. But I'm assuming. . . idonno:

I think the main question is about someone that appears to hate the form of entertainment that they choose to watch. There's a disconnect that some of us do not understand.

I'm not a fan of soccer. So I don't watch it and I don't talk about it. Seems like a simple concept.
 
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Double Barrel said:
I'm assuming that JB is using the same sarcasm that I've been using. But I'm assuming. . . idonno:

I think the main question is about someone that appears to hate the form of entertainment that they choose to watch. There's a disconnect that some of us do not understand.

I'm not a fan of soccer. So I don't watch it and I don't talk about it. Seems like a simple concept.
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I'm agreeing with both of you completely..

College football has legislated a ton of unnecessary violence out of its game just like the nfl, liking one and not the other doesn't make much sense if 'pansyfication' is the reason..

Of course, one of these leagues has a scapegoat (Goodell) and the other doesn't, and we know how much a fan of tilting at scapegoats some folks can be..
 
Double Barrel said:
How can you claim college football is not rigged when it is run by one of the most corrupt sports organizations in the world?
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There's no evidence of the NCAA rigged games. The NCAA has been a toothless lion for a decade or more. Unlike the NFL, Saints vs Rams NFCCG.
 
Danger Russ! Get that bread homie. He's going to play even better being surrounded by an offensive mided coach vs Carrol. They should've fired Carrol and the gm 1st. Pete is a losing coach without Wilson, plus he's the oldest coach in the nfl still trying to play old school football. That's not the league anymore.
 
Dolphins senior vice president of communications and community affairs Jason Jenkins died of a blood clot at age 47, according to the Miami-Dade medical examiner department. A team spokesperson also confirmed the cause of death.
Jenkins’ death was determined to be of natural causes, according to the medical examiner, a bilateral pulmonary thromboemboli due to phlebothrombosis, otherwise known as the formation of a blood clot. Jenkins had a history of thrombosis.

A young age to have a history of blood clots. RIP
 
Per Florio:

The Broncos and Wilson have agreed to a five-year contract extension, according to multiple reports. That’s on top of the two years he had remaining on his current deal, so he’s now under contract to the Broncos for seven more seasons. The deal is worth $245 million, of which $165 million is guaranteed. That puts his total pay for the next seven seasons at $296 million.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Dolphins senior vice president of communications and community affairs Jason Jenkins died of a blood clot at age 47, according to the Miami-Dade medical examiner department. A team spokesperson also confirmed the cause of death.
Jenkins’ death was determined to be of natural causes, according to the medical examiner, a bilateral pulmonary thromboemboli due to phlebothrombosis, otherwise known as the formation of a blood clot. Jenkins had a history of thrombosis.

A young age to have a history of blood clots. RIP
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Blood clots are a complication of long COVID as well, as I understand. Sucks to die so young.
 
steelbtexan said:
There's no evidence of the NCAA rigged games. The NCAA has been a toothless lion for a decade or more. Unlike the NFL, Saints vs Rams NFCCG.
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Do you honestly believe that NCAA national championships are free from all scandal and corruption?
 
Report: Marcus Maye is arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm
Posted by Mike Florio on September 1, 2022, 1:50 PM EDT


With the start of the season 10 days away, the Saints have a fresh off-field issue.
Starting safety Marcus Maye has been arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm, according to Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.football.

Maye, 29, signed a three-year, $28.5 million contract with the Saints in March, after spending five years with the Jets.

He’s the second Saints player to be facing active criminal charges. Running back Alvin Kamara is accused of felony battery for an incident that happened in Las Vegas during Pro Bowl weekend.
 
this article barely touches upon the shadiness of getting the university a new volleyball facility & how it tied in to Favre getting government $$$ to fund his investment in the pharmaceutical industry

www.nbcnews.com

FBI questions Brett Favre in Mississippi welfare scandal

The state auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Favre, a volleyball complex and a former pro wrestler in a scandal that has rocked Mississippi.
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Jerry Jones is trying to put on a happy face with rookie Tyler Smith (well at least his name is close to Tyron Smith), who is a rookie and has only practiced at OG throughout the offseason and preseason, taking over LT.............while in the background he is bringing in Jason Peters for a physical and a sit down today .
 
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Pete Carrol is still saying RB the Kenneth Walker is now practicing and will probably be ready for week 1. His "little hernia thing" surgery is going to make his RB return a "little delayed thing." :backsout:
 
leebigeztx said:
I'm listening. Please tell me. Unless a severe injury happens, he's playing until he's at least 40. The cap is going up again also.
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Name the QB who has the most sacks in any 10 year period? Bingo, Russell Wilson. The same QB that also averages 85 rushes a game. And then there are the QB hits that don't result in sacks. The hits that take place on plays that are called back for penalties. A lot of hits.

There has been some recent QB outliers that played longer than normally. But they haven't been hit at the rate Wilson has. Not even close. Wilson's career will end more like Big Ben's and the majority of QBs in their late 30's. Struggling to stay on the field and a shadow of their former selves.
 
Lucky said:
Name the QB who has the most sacks in any 10 year period? Bingo, Russell Wilson. The same QB that also averages 85 rushes a game. And then there are the QB hits that don't result in sacks. The hits that take place on plays that are called back for penalties. A lot of hits.

There has been some recent QB outliers that played longer than normally. But they haven't been hit at the rate Wilson has. Not even close. Wilson's career will end more like Big Ben's and the majority of QBs in their late 30's. Struggling to stay on the field and a shadow of their former selves.
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Not only that, but a team had never won the SB in the salary cap era paying their QB 13% or more of that cap.
 
Lucky said:
Name the QB who has the most sacks in any 10 year period? Bingo, Russell Wilson. The same QB that also averages 85 rushes a game. And then there are the QB hits that don't result in sacks. The hits that take place on plays that are called back for penalties. A lot of hits.

There has been some recent QB outliers that played longer than normally. But they haven't been hit at the rate Wilson has. Not even close. Wilson's career will end more like Big Ben's and the majority of QBs in their late 30's. Struggling to stay on the field and a shadow of their former selves.
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Rodgers has been sacked alot too. He had a couple of injury years, but he's been healthy enough to win the last 2 mvps also. With him going to a west coast offensive minded coach, I don't think he's going to get hit nearly as much as he used to plus he takes really good care of himself. I think Russ is going to outplay that contract.
 
leebigeztx said:
Rodgers has been sacked alot too. He had a couple of injury years, but he's been healthy enough to win the last 2 mvps also. With him going to a west coast offensive minded coach, I don't think he's going to get hit nearly as much as he used to plus he takes really good care of himself. I think Russ is going to outplay that contract.
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OK.
 
steelbtexan said:
How are NCAA championships corrupt? Be specific.
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The revenue sports pay for all the other programs and the players aren't rewarded. Their not signing for 7b to watch womens volleyball of golf. That in itself is corruption. On another note, Georgia should've played Bama in the 1st rd, but the committee wanted a rematch vs Michigan or Cincy in the championship game.
 
leebigeztx said:
The revenue sports pay for all the other programs and the players aren't rewarded. Their not signing for 7b to watch womens volleyball of golf. That in itself is corruption. On another note, Georgia should've played Bama in the 1st rd, but the committee wanted a rematch vs Michigan or Cincy in the championship game.
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They do now with the NIL. All they really did was change the baseline and make it where there's going to be a bigger disparity between the haves and have nots. I love the Horns but I'm not kidding myself. They're going to be very good, but would they without the NIL, nope.

That doesn't make me think they will beat Alabama.
 
steelbtexan said:
They do now with the NIL. All they really did was change the baseline and make it where there's going to be a bigger disparity between the haves and have nots. I love the Horns but I'm not kidding myself. They're going to be very good, but would they without the NIL, nope.

That doesn't make me think they will beat Alabama.
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Texas has always had a plethora of riches at their disposal. The problem with Texas is that they don't have any grit to them. Its more like a country club. Like I told you my son is a top 2024 recruit. When we went to Texas, it felt like a bunch of fluff, my son even said so. OU felt more like just football. The NIL isn't going to make a school any better than others because all of them have boosters and alumni who wants the school to win. These kids are different. My son was really digging OU and was kinda bummed out when the oc resigned. They're still in his top 3 because Vernables is about ball, that's it.
 
leebigeztx said:
Texas has always had a plethora of riches at their disposal. The problem with Texas is that they don't have any grit to them. Its more like a country club. Like I told you my son is a top 2024 recruit. When we went to Texas, it felt like a bunch of fluff, my son even said so. OU felt more like just football. The NIL isn't going to make a school any better than others because all of them have boosters and alumni who wants the school to win. These kids are different. My son was really digging OU and was kinda bummed out when the oc resigned. They're still in his top 3 because Vernables is about ball, that's it.
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I think things are changing because they recruited a bunch of 4-5 star ol-dl. Sark/Flood aren't playing around. Davis standing up on the bus lust yr and basically saying either get on board with what we're trying to do or you won't be here next yr was a game changing moment for the program and something the Horns have been missing for yrs.


I get that you're an OU fan, played there and bleed Boomer Sooner. I also get why your son would want to go there.

On another note, do you go to the red rivalry game/weekend? I went to the 45-42 Dicker the kicker game. Best live experience I've ever had at any game, college or pro. I have been to a couple of memorable high school games.

Both fanbases were awesome in a back and forth game. Great fans on both sides. I particularly like the OU sucks chant. Lol. Anyways I'm thinking of going again this yr for my birthday. Are you going? Let's catch up with each other if you're going.
 
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