Flint's Brandon Carr tries not to get discouraged with NFL lockout in full throttle

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Brock

Considering the average life expectancy of an NFL player is 53-59, I'd say it's a wash.

Stats can be used to say what ever....

I really appreciate what the players do but I don't buy all the BS. When an X Player ODs on herion is that on anyone else but that guy?

Or obesity?

Get me the cause of deaths in regards to the life expectancy equation and maybe I'll buy it. Till then I call BS.

What's the life expectancy of a punk on the streets?

These guys get the chance of a lifetime....it's not a curse.

I won't feel sorry for them.


PhilFree

[Brock]

Originally Posted by philfree

Stats can be used to say what ever....

I really appreciate what the players do but I don't buy all the BS. When an X Player ODs on herion is that on anyone else but that guy?

Or obesity?

Get me the cause of deaths in regards to the life expectancy equation and maybe I'll buy it. Till then I call BS.

What's the life expectancy of a punk on the streets?

These guys get the chance of a lifetime....it's not a curse.

I won't feel sorry for them.


PhilFree

You're pretty much all over the map here. I'll give you some of the information you asked for, however. NFL linemen are continually fighting to stay at or above 300 lbs. It's not a choice, it's a necessity to keep their jobs. This happens at the college level too. These guys are trained to eat thousands of calories a day to maintain weight. When their careers are over, do you think it's easy to stop doing that? The average life expectancy for an NFL lineman is early 50s. They aren't dying of heroin overdoses.

I get that you don't feel sorry for them, but that says more about you than it does about them. This information is all over the web on all the sports sites, if you really dont' know about it, it's because you're being willfully ignorant.