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That's wrong about Earl only playing for Houston. He followed Bum to the Saints. Of course by then his body was giving out. Just look at his stats.

Earl Campbell played 8 seasons for the Oilers and Saints. He had 2,187 carries for 9,407 yards, 121 catches for 806 yards and scored 74 touchdowns. He was selected to play in 5 Pro Bowls. He won 3 Offensive Player of the Year awards, the Offensive Rookie of the Year award and 1 MVP award. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.
 
Carr Bombed said:
Don't really understand the knock on Jerry (I get it, he's all about making money).. I mean if I saw a dollar bill on the ground, I'd pick it up too 🤷‍♂️ (who wouldn't?). Really crappy analogy there. Speaking of I once had a 100 dollar bill blow by me in a Walmart parking lot on a windy day.. if only someone was there to clock my 40 time. 😂
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You never said if you caught up or if the $100 bill 40 time was faster than yours?
 
Carr Bombed said:
Court TV should have a annual spring/summer series called "NFL off-season". Seems like when a lot of these guys aren't playing football and left on their own, they're getting arrested or getting caught up in stupid ****. Happens every year.
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Kinda like the general population?

Actually studies have shown that the general population has a higher arrest rate, by approx. double, than that of nfl players.

Just nobody really cares to report about Dale down the street beating his wife or getting a dui..
 
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Mollywhopper said:
Kinda like the general population?

Actually studies have shown that the general population has a higher arrest rate, by approx. double, than that of nfl players.

Just nobody really cares to report about Dale down the street beating his wife or getting a dui..
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I wonder how many in the general public that are arrested make the millions of dollars that NFL athletes do.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
I wonder how many in the general public that are arrested make the millions of dollars that NFL athletes do.
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I think that's a fair question. Like with dui's there's really no excuse. Get a driver or an uber or whatever. No argument there.

But with many other types of charges these athletes at the end of the day are just people like you or me or Dale down the street, and things happen.
 
Deion, when was the last time you watched an NFL game??? I've been posting for years how the NFL uniform policy is a joke. Players are commonly seen with their pants half way up their thighs, their socks near their ankles, their shirts flaping in the breeze, mouthguards used a chew toys, chin straps loose or unstrapped..............and the list goes on. The only type of penalties delved out by the NFL for policy infractions in 2024 were for mismatched colors (a shade of green on one shoe different than on the other shoe) and a non NFL cap being worn during a post game interview....................none for infractions of the situations I listed above. If the NFL is not going to enforce, its policy, don't use the the policy as a facade to claim respect and integrity of the game.

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Deion Sanders wants NFL-style fines for uniform violations in college football
By Michael David Smith
Published July 13, 2025 04:21 AM

When he was an NFL player, Deion Sanders was fined multiple times for uniform violations. Now that Sanders is the Colorado head coach, he’d like to see such fines brought to college football.

Sanders said at Big 12 media days that he dislikes how many players in college football wear their pants down only to their thighs, with nothing covering their knees.

“Let’s do something about the uniforms,” Sanders said. “We’ve got guys in biker shorts. That makes me sick because I’m a football guy — I played this game at a high level and I have so much respect for this game. How can we allow guys out there in biker shorts, no knee pads, no nothing, literally pants up under their thighs, and that’s cool?”

College football officials could enforce the uniform rules by throwing flags on players who don’t wear knee pads, but Sanders said he’d like to see the rule enforced with fines.

“I think there should be a fine implemented for that stuff, and let’s have more respect for this tremendous game,” Sanders said.
Sanders has also said he wishes the NCAA had a salary cap, and that the NCAA would adopt NFL playing rules. As college football becomes more than ever a professional sport, Sanders wants to go all the way and make it as close to the NFL as it can possibly get.
 
Carr Bombed said:
Court TV should have a annual spring/summer series called "NFL off-season". Seems like when a lot of these guys aren't playing football and left on their own, they're getting arrested or getting caught up in stupid ****. Happens every year.
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They call it the National Felons League for a reason.
 
Mollywhopper said:
Kinda like the general population?

Actually studies have shown that the general population has a higher arrest rate, by approx. double, than that of nfl players.

Just nobody really cares to report about Dale down the street beating his wife or getting a dui..
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You can make studies say whatever you want them so say. Studies are really about who you choose to interview for your case studies and nobody in my neighborhood has gotten arrested for beating his wife, although their have been a couple of DWI's, which I look at as 2 totally different things.
 
Mollywhopper said:
I think that's a fair question. Like with dui's there's really no excuse. Get a driver or an uber or whatever. No argument there.

But with many other types of charges these athletes at the end of the day are just people like you or me or Dale down the street, and things happen.
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A very MW type post of yours.

No professional athletes are nothing like Dale from down the street. To think otherwise really makes m question you. Not that this should really be surprising. Atheletes = Regular Joe's, LMAO SMH.
 
badboy said:
A name from the not so distant past, Teddy Bridgewater suspended by his university employer:
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Bridgewater suspended from HS coaching job

Teddy Bridgewater has been suspended from his position as a high school football coach in Miami for allegedly providing impermissible benefits.
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Bridgewater posted earlier this month on Facebook that he paid for Uber rides, meals and recovery services for his players last season.
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This Bridgewater guy should be punished. Meals, rides, and helping injured players. And what's worse is he doesn't take any money from the school. What a bad guy.
 
Lucky said:
This Bridgewater guy should be punished. Meals, rides, and helping injured players. And what's worse is he doesn't take any money from the school. What a bad guy.
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With all the crap that goes on in the world it makes you wonder what the hell happened to common sense. If what he said is the truth this is totally a non-issue but now the school has made it a story & when it is all over they will end up looking like fools.
 
mws said:
& when it is all over they will end up looking like fools.
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I'd put the good folks at Miami Northwestern squarely in that category, already.
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I really like this wide receiver
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Jets reportedly reach 4-year, $130 million extension with wide receiver Garrett Wilson

Garrett WIlson is the first wide receiver in NFL history to earn an extension worth more than $31 million a year this early into his career.
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Looks like the Jets really like Wilson, as well.
 
mws said:
With all the crap that goes on in the world it makes you wonder what the hell happened to common sense. If what he said is the truth this is totally a non-issue but now the school has made it a story & when it is all over they will end up looking like fools.
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Wouldn't this be a problem for the school? Paying players or something like that.

It's better they address it before someone reports them.
 
thunderkyss said:
Wouldn't this be a problem for the school? Paying players or something like that.

It's better they address it before someone reports them.
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I think that’s the issue here. High Schools are not NIL schools, though that may change someday. It’s silly imo that Teddy can’t help his team using his own money. Not sure if he asked others for funding as well. But it’d “officially” be an unfair advantage because he is a former NFL QB with more funds to pull from than an average HS coach. “Unofficially” it’s silly and they all bend these rules.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
I think that’s the issue here. High Schools are not NIL schools, though that may change someday. It’s silly imo that Teddy can’t help his team using his own money. Not sure if he asked others for funding as well. But it’d “officially” be an unfair advantage because he is a former NFL QB with more funds to pull from than an average HS coach. “Unofficially” it’s silly and they all bend these rules.
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I haven't been around high school sports in 40+ years. But are there no longer booster clubs? Or retailers hanging promotional signs on the fields like Jim Bobs Plumbing or Missy's Fried Chicken? Teddy is just a one man booster club.
 
Despite missing nine games, Dak Prescott lands at No. 79 on NFL’s top 100 list
Published July 15, 2025 08:47 AM

The flaws in the NFL’s annual top 100 player list become evident through the outcome of the players-only vote.

We last mentioned “the list” when Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa landed at No. 91, despite missing six games and having middle-of-the-pack stats. Now, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has come in at No. 79.

Dak missed nine games in 2024. More than twenty five quarterbacks threw for more than his 1,978 passing yards. His passer rating was 86.0, with 11 touchdown passes against eight interceptions.

The problem is that the voting happens whenever it happens during the prior season. And they don’t tell us when it happens.

If a player was asked in September, for example, to list his top 20 players in the NFL (which is the standard ballot), Prescott would have been more likely to land on it. The later in the year, the less likely it would be for him to make a player’s top 20.

Regardless, of the first 22 players listed, only two are quarterbacks — Tua and Dak. How many more will make it?

Several are a given: Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, Burrow. Presumably, Goff, Mayfield, and Herbert will be there, too.

What about Jayden Daniels? Matthew Stafford? C.J. Stroud? Bo Nix? Brock Purdy? Jordan Love? Kyler Murray? Sam Darnold?
Geno Smith?

Aaron Rodgers?

While not much at all is interesting about the top 100 list, it will be interesting to see how many quarterbacks make it. And which ones will be omitted, despite having better (if not much better) seasons than Tua Tagovailoa or Dak Prescott.
 
It’s looking like a training camp holdout is likely for Daniels’ WR1:

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Terry McLaurin Gives Disappointed Update on Commanders Extension Talks — Sports Illustrated

Terry McLaurin wants to be in Washington, but it appears the two sides don’t see eye-to-eye on his contract. The All-Pro receiver is entering the final year of his deal and says he’s been frustrated with the pace of discussions on a contract extension. McLaurin made it clear he wants to be in...
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