Football Bruce Arians: Parents who won't let kids play football 'are fools' - Page 3

listopencil · 03-25-2016, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I was a huge fan of Arians before he issued this statement.

Now, not so much.

And FWIW, "Life Lessons" can be gleaned in a myriad of ways, whether through family, friends, school, church, music, chores, first jobs, etc.

I learned my toughest "Life Lesson" at age 16, when I washed dishes in a restaurant from 6pm-1am, Thursday through Sunday, for 11 weeks that summer.

I learned that I never wanted to be a ****ing dishwasher, ever again.

^

tecumseh · 03-25-2016, 11:35 AM

Arians puts this out in the media? What a complete idiot. Shut your pole hole n coach, coach.

**Buehler445** · 03-25-2016, 11:54 AM

Much like what Dane pointed out, each kid has to learn his/her own lessons. And sometimes football is the best avenue for the requisite lesson. Sometimes it isnt.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-25-2016, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

What the hell dude??

http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...ball-are-fools

Football is under attack. At least that's the perception for some, especially as we learn more about the effects of concussions on players' long-term health. And Cardinals coach Bruce Arians is tired of hearing about it.

"People that say, 'I won't let my son play [football]' are fools," Arians told TheMMQB.com.

"We have this fear of concussion that is real, but not all of those statistics, I think, can prove anything," he continued, echoing comments made by several NFL owners earlier this week.

“No, that's absurd," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the Washington Post about the relationship between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and playing football. "There's no data that in any way creates a knowledge. There's no way that you could have made a comment that there is an association and some type of assertion. In most things, you have to back it up by studies. And in this particular case, we all know how medicine is. Medicine is evolving."

Texans owner Bob McNair added, "I think it's an important issue. I'm more concerned about the misconceptions people can have about it than I am about what's really taking place. We're studying this issue closely, more than anyone else. We've put up money for research before anyone else did. Our medical scientists still don't know what the cause of CTE is. It appears that if you've had multiple concussions from whatever you've been doing, riding a bicycle, skateboarding, it's not just football, that there's a possibility it could lead to CTE."

Meanwhile, Arians has nothing but good things to say about football.

"This is the greatest game in the world," he said. "I think it teaches more values than any other game that you play. You have things that happen in your life that aren't going to be good. If you play football, you know how to handle them. It doesn't necessarily equate in track and other things."

Last week, during a roundtable discussion on concussion research with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, NFL senior VP for Health and Safety Policy Jeff Miller was asked if he thought there was a link between football and CTE.

“The answer to that question is certainly yes," he said.

It was the first time the league publicly acknowledged the link.

Keep digging your own grave, dumb****s.

**Buehler445** · 03-25-2016, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Keep digging your own grave, dumb****s.

LOL. And Ariens shows up with a backhoe.

Pasta Little Brioni · 03-25-2016, 02:32 PM

Well shame on wolf then.

**DaFace** · 03-25-2016, 04:30 PM

It's been a while since this guy has made an appearance.

pugsnotdrugs19 · 03-25-2016, 04:31 PM

In my playing days of a few sports (football/baseball in HS, basketball before that) I can say for me PERSONALLY.... no sport provided more character building like football did nor did any other teach me to always push myself to my limits like football did. That may not be the same for everyone else, but for me it was like that and because I was fortunate to only suffer one concussion over the course of playing contact football for 9 years, I didn't get some of the harsher consequences that some others would.

But I'll put it this way. I have multiple buddies from high school, more than I can count on one hand, who have told me over and over how much they regret not playing the sport.

It's easy for a lot of guys to say "You know, I don't think I want to fool with it (football), it's too much work and far too time consuming." It's what many do, and really it comes down to being lazy of course.

But man, that grind is what makes it such a special game. Regardless of how hard you work at baseball, basketball, etc., none of those grinds compare to the one with football in my experience. It feels like such a tighter brotherhood than anything else. Not that those sports aren't great too, but they didn't have the same lasting impact on me.

I'll always miss getting to strap up and play the game of football, and if I'm lucky enough to have a son, I'll let him decide what direction he goes with it after weighing the pros and cons. But I damn sure won't let him walk away from the game for fear of the grind that goes into a season, cause it is those regrets I hear about all the time.

brucey_72 · 03-25-2016, 04:51 PM

No I have not....

Also mods please delete my account. I am not dealing with some guy I don't know trying to stalk me on in real life. I don't use this site much anyways. All I did was post a comment about concussions now I have some weirdo trying to track me down in real life. Why the **** does this matter to you so much??

283 posts in 3 years is not worth some weirdo trying to stalk me in real life

**LoneWolf** · 03-25-2016, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by brucey_72

No I have not....

Also mods please delete my account. I am not dealing with some guy I don't know trying to stalk me on in real life. I don't use this site much anyways. All I did was post a comment about concussions now I have some weirdo trying to track me down in real life. Why the **** does this matter to you so much??

283 posts in 3 years is not worth some weirdo trying to stalk me in real life

eDave · 03-25-2016, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneWolf

WTF dude? It's not a big deal. Gosh!

**LoneWolf** · 03-25-2016, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

WTF dude? It's not a big deal. Gosh!

**The Franchise** · 03-25-2016, 04:56 PM

You have to create a thread telling everyone that you're leaving forever. That's how it works here.

brucey_72 · 03-25-2016, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

You have to create a thread telling everyone that you're leaving forever. That's how it works here.

Why?? Nobody cares that I am leaving. I don't post enough. I enjoyed reading this site but having some dude look me up over not believing my story is ****ing weird.

eDave · 03-25-2016, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by brucey_72

Why?? Nobody cares that I am leaving. I don't post enough. I enjoyed reading this site but having some dude look me up over not believing my story is ****ing weird.

Eh. Just step away for a bit. This is new guy hazing. Nothing more.

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pugsnotdrugs19 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS Join Date: Aug 2013 Casino cash: $6569447	In my playing days of a few sports (football/baseball in HS, basketball before that) I can say for me PERSONALLY.... no sport provided more character building like football did nor did any other teach me to always push myself to my limits like football did. That may not be the same for everyone else, but for me it was like that and because I was fortunate to only suffer one concussion over the course of playing contact football for 9 years, I didn't get some of the harsher consequences that some others would. But I'll put it this way. I have multiple buddies from high school, more than I can count on one hand, who have told me over and over how much they regret not playing the sport. It's easy for a lot of guys to say "You know, I don't think I want to fool with it (football), it's too much work and far too time consuming." It's what many do, and really it comes down to being lazy of course. But man, that grind is what makes it such a special game. Regardless of how hard you work at baseball, basketball, etc., none of those grinds compare to the one with football in my experience. It feels like such a tighter brotherhood than anything else. Not that those sports aren't great too, but they didn't have the same lasting impact on me. I'll always miss getting to strap up and play the game of football, and if I'm lucky enough to have a son, I'll let him decide what direction he goes with it after weighing the pros and cons. But I damn sure won't let him walk away from the game for fear of the grind that goes into a season, cause it is those regrets I hear about all the time.
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