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A race car driver top "Athlete" of 2009?
Really, athlete? Really?
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...ory?id=4761210 No disrespect to neckcar and thier fans but I struggle with them being called athletes. Great at concentration, balls the size of grapefruits, one taco short of a combo plate - all a given - but athlete? And not only an athlete but the "top" athlete of the year? Not Federer, Usain Bolt, Alberto Contador, Tiger "I've got Wood", Kobe, or Poo-holes. A guy who drives a car = an athlete. ![]() ![]() |
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Yup, any schmuck can go out there and do what he does.
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Definately a skill not everybody can do but like golf it doesn't require athletic ability.
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Perhaps true, but a lot of us could go out and do what some of what our Chiefs players (this year) can do... I can kick a ball, run into the back of a guy and fall down, drop a ball that's thrown right to me, heck, I could mismanage a clock if need be.
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Take a Chill Pill
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There is a difference between driving a car and racing it, and in Nascar especially you have to be pretty fit, dealing with high temperatures and you have to be crazy strong to keep control of a car thats going over 200 MPH.
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the best athletes are fighter pilots
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And since when does dealing with high temperatures make you an athlete? I agree these guys have a skill set and not any guy could (or would) do what they do. But an Athlete, I think not. Let alone The Top Athlete. |
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Danica weighs 100 lbs and she can do it.
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the best athletes in in the wwe
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