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Originally Posted by Iowanian
My position is the same.
These guys take a beating and their bodies pay the price. True.
When I was 15 and acting like a wild man, my dad said "boy make good choices, you're going to pay for this crap someday". Bad ideas, car wrecks, sports and injuries pile up, but you heal fast. Then you turn 35.
The thing is, as bad as a person can feel for nfl players for the toll on their body, they've made enough money to afford good health care, surgeries and medications.
Now....go ask any 55-60 year old carpenter, iron worker, farmer....how many of them can play basketball or snow board. A lot of careers cause people to accumulate damage and injury...and arthritis and tendinitis and bad backs and knees.
Not feeling sorry for NFL millionaires. College football gave them a chance at an education, they had the choice to go get a job instead.
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Exactly.
My dad looked healthy as shit at 50 but couldnt run 10 feet because of climbing ladders his whole life.
Anybody who says they wouldnt be an NFL player because of the damage to your body is a pussy.
Id trade 75 years of boring ass normal life for 50 years of 15 year NFL vet 1000 times out of 1000.