Kolek planning to go pro
This was a profound tragedy. I also think that the rush to turn this tragedy into some kind of pedestal for a cause (e.g. guns/football violence, etc) is pretty disrespectful to the victims of the tragedy.
I don't follow. The best time to try to fix the problem isn't years after it happens, its directly after the problem occurs.
I am glad to hear that the fire stations did not close. Though tragic a suicide does not come close to outweighing community safety. Would the Marine Corps shut down over a suicide?
The most likely path for football's decline is brain trauma and litigation starting at the high school level. Given the increased exposure brain trauma is receiving will only accelerate that potential.Of course, I may be biased because college football is f*cking everything up.
Geez. Monday Night Football actually happened tonight. Based upon everything I read on this forum, I though for sure the game wouldnt happen. Silly me. I wonder if this argument gets played out on boards of OSU....or Bama....or Michigan....or Stanford....or Penn State....?Nah....this argument is only alive and well on a message boards in which fans of a non-football playing school are trying to find an identity in a football driven re-alignment world. Book it.
Stupid post which reflects poorly on you.If you actually read this thread, instead of having an emotional reaction to the title, you would see that Buzz Bisinger, the author of Friday night lights, penned an article calling for college football to be banned. Virtually everyone here agreed this would not happen. Then we discussed the possibility that football was peaking in popularity now, often comparing it boxing.So, given all this, what is the point of your posts and criticism?
Then we discussed the possibility that football was peaking in popularity now, often comparing it boxing.
Well, this sounds like a super important topic that should get hammered out on an internet message board. Why not this one? Im enjoying Monday Night Football. You? Geez, I really wish intelligent conversations amongst anonymous posters on an internet message board could solve all the world's problems. Im simply looking forward to a solution to....hell, I dont even know what the problem is with today's version of football. I like it just the way it is.
Im simply looking forward to a solution to....hell, I dont even know what the problem is with today's version of football. I like it just the way it is.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
OK...thanks Another.Tell me, do you honestly think that Belcher is going to impact the NFL negatively in anyway? Nothing else has....
Ironically Jerry Kramer wrote a story for Deadspin today where he divulged that he was going to buy part of the Saints in the 70s, but eventually decided not to because he thought the NFL had peaked.IOW, you can keep saying it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is true.
There's a saying in the insurance industry along the lines of "death is cheap, injuries are debilitating."Sadly, the best case scenario for the NFL is more deaths.... fewer settlements they'll have to pay out later.
Yeah, but almost all ratings are done now. Back then there were 3 over the air networks. Today there are 4 plus 100's of cable networks and millions of other things to do that weren't even conceived yet in the 1970's.
Correct, disability insurance is 8 to 10 times more expensive than life insurance. Why do you think no one has disability insurance. It would cost upwards of 15% to 20% of yearly income.