New Yorker Article On Kyle Turley...Scary Stuff...

[nychief]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

Sad what he has to go through.

What a moronic article though, comparing football to dog fighting.

yep. Malcolm Gladwell is a real idiot. did you play in the NFL?

[blaise]

Originally Posted by nychief

yep. Malcolm Gladwell is a real idiot. did you play in the NFL?

It's not moronic, but there's one big difference- NFL players play voluntarily and are compensated. The dogs are not. I sympathize with Turley, but that's part of the reason their compensation is as high as it is.
It's not like workers in other industries don't suffer long term problems with their bodies. I bet some guy that roofs houses for 20 years or works doing hard work in some factory has long term problems, too. I understand that the injuries to the brain an NFL player might suffer are a different thing than a bad back, but still, it's phyisical problems.
This is one of the reasons I don't mind when players want more money though.

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by nychief

yep. Malcolm Gladwell is a real idiot. did you play in the NFL?

I didn't call the guy an idiot, I said his article was moronic.

Dogs have no choice whether they fight or not nor are they compensated in any way for their part in the battle unless you count taking a turn on a bitch on a rape stand compensation.

The guys who play professional football made an informed decision to enter the sport and make that their career of choice and are highly compensated for it.

Ridiculous question on the end of your post there by the way. Because not playing in the NFL precludes me from having a dissenting opinion than that of the writer of the article, right?

If time spent in the NFL is a qualifier for having an opinion on the matter... Malcolm Gladwell surely does not qualify either.

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

I didn't call the guy an idiot, I said his article was moronic.

Dogs have no choice whether they fight or not nor are they compensated in any way for their part in the battle unless you count taking a turn on a bitch on a rape stand compensation.

The guys who play professional football made an informed decision to enter the sport and make that their career of choice and are highly compensated for it.

Ridiculous question on the end of your post there by the way. Because not playing in the NFL precludes me from having a dissenting opinion than that of the writer of the article, right?

If time spent in the NFL is a qualifier for having an opinion on the matter... Malcolm Gladwell surely does not qualify either.

in formed descision?

I feel differently

we all played the game (high schoolonly for me) for the love of the game

and 1/2 to 3/4 of that love was putting somebody down hard

my best friend in school
got concussed ona great hit inthe 1st quarter on a kick return
we wree middle line backers and he had no idea there was a game going on he fianlly just wondered ofgf the feild until the coaching stall caught him andf set his ass down

I can understand the connection between dogfichting and football

rules aren't gonna help
maybe better equipment

and the guys they are talking asbout aren't the high dollar ones
just an Oline man gets the hell beat out of him during a game
granted I gotta work 7 or 8 years to make what they do in one

iI dunno
just my 3 cents worth

I liked and was stunned by the article

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

in formed descision?

I feel differently

we all played the game (high schoolonly for me) for the love of the game

and 1/2 to 3/4 of that love was putting somebody down hard

my best friend in school
got concussed ona great hit inthe 1st quarter on a kick return
we wree middle line backers and he had no idea there was a game going on he fianlly just wondered ofgf the feild until the coaching stall caught him andf set his ass down

I can understand the connection between dogfichting and football

rules aren't gonna help
maybe better equipment

and the guys they are talking asbout aren't the high dollar ones
just an Oline man gets the hell beat out of him during a game
granted I gotta work 7 or 8 years to make what they do in one

iI dunno
just my 3 cents worth

I liked and was stunned by the article

Yup. Informed decision.

The article was written about former NFL players. Not former high school players.

So yes, the professional players in the NFL, even Collegiate level players, know damn well that they are playing a dangerous sport with possibly life altering opportunities for injury.

I understand where you are coming from though. We didn't play in high school for a paycheck or a scholarship. We played because we wanted to... and the girls.