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NFL considers dropping the Pro Bowl
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/goodell...6848--nfl.html
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You want hard hitting, but you make them play straight up with no blitz's and I think no stunts. If you make the rules completely on the side of the offense, then how does he expect it to be a good game?
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"and after a long season, to ask those guys to go out and play at the same level they played is really tough.''
Ah, but Goodell is all for adding two more games to the season. asshat has two sides to mouth.
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The game has always lacked something, but at least they played harder in the past. I would think none of those guys want to embarrass themselves like they did last year.
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I'd never actually seen footage of the Robert Edwards injury (Post 64). That's just about the most gruesome knee injury I've ever seen. If he was a horse they would've shot him on the spot. Such a shame.
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Isn't a 16 game season with a playoff and championship game enough competition? |
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Just give them the honors and that's it. There's no need for any of the other bullshit.
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I'd like to see this type of competition. I would think the odds of injury in these types of events would be very low. Edwards' injury was in a flag football game and was a huge fluke (or maybe not if the sand was an issue). I'd like to see stuff like who can do the most pushups or who can bench the most or who can run a mile the fastest or who can throw the most footballs through a tire. These are things that the players would be doing anyway as part of their training.
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This is a contact sport that's different from baseball (Home Run Derby) or basketball (Slam Dunk competition). These guys are pushing their bodies to the break point every single day. MOST aren't natural athletes and have to use supplements, eat 10,000 calories a day, etc. Guys try to make weight with Star Caps and diuretics. Many of these guys train year-round just to compete for a job. There's no way that their agents, the guys that are supposed to have their backs, are going to allow them to participate in some half-assed, Made-For-TV extravaganza that pays them nothing while 2 million viewers the weekend after Easter Sunday tune in. Bottom line: Simple economics. |
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This kind of makes me sad.
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