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I like football the way it is now. It has evolved and that is why the game is as popular as it is. I once had a discussion with a guy who said rugby and Australian rules football players were tougher than American football players because they did not get to wear pads. I tried to explain that the equipment was just as much of a weapon as it was protection, but he just wouldn't believe me.
Frankly I am getting tired of congress, and do gooders trying to fix something that does not need fixing. I am all for the league protecting players, but if you think football is too violent, don't watch it and don't play it. No activity is perfectly safe. More people die in bath tubs, or five gallon water buckets. Baseball should go to nerf balls and plastic bats, auto racing should have a top allowed speed of 20 mph, trees in ski resorts should be replaced with big pillows, and rock climbing should be outlawed.
Maybe we should just accept that life is dangerous and the best thing anybody can do is weigh the risks and rewards of the activities we participate in and make informed decisions about what risks we are and are not willing to take. I have to assume all football players are aware that you can get hurt playing football and choose to play anyway.
We have a congress that is busy looking into how to minimize concussions to multi millionaire football players in the NFL but continues to allow the sale of cigarettes which kill over 500,000 people in the USA every year. I think our priorities are a little screwed up. Maybe we should just try to figure out how to screen radical muslim fanatics out of our military so they don't shoot people and spend less time worrying about someone bumping their head in a football game. A perfect example of political correctness gone crazy.
Maybe we should spend some tax dollars on signs for every bridge that say " base jumping is very dangerous, should you choose to jump please note your relatives will be held responsible to shovel up your remains and remove them from the area. Have a nice time"
I guess the NHL made a mistake requiring players to wear helmets.
posted by Atheist at 02:00 PM on November 11
Well in this day and age of equal rights, I think think the sex of the person you assault is irrelevant.
This guy is obviously an ass and needs to be removed from his coaching position. He has anger issues, self control issues, and most importantly he is a lousy coach which is reflected by his record.
posted by Atheist at 01:41 PM on November 04
I also think this is stupid. In a freak accident even a line drive from a wood bat can kill someone.
In the year 2012 All future hall of famer Nolan Ryan types must wear a warning jersey stating "this pitcher throws really fast and at least 8 mph faster than the average pitcher"
All not so great fielders must wear a warning jersey stating "this fielder ain't so great, do not hit ball hard in this direction"
Speed limit signs as runners leave the batters box that state " in the event of an accidental collision, running as fast as you can can possibly cause injury to your self or others. Please watch your speed. Do not exceed 8 mph."
AND of course all kittens sold at pet stores will come with a very stern warning " putting this cat in a microwave oven can cause serious injury or death to the animal. In the event of accidental cat in microwave, use caution and wear eye protection when removing cat as it may explode in your stupid freaking face. Dial 1-800-stupidumbass immediately for assistance.
posted by Atheist at 03:36 PM on October 30
Yes I wonder what kind of job a not too bright washed up basketball player can get that will pay enough to make restitution on millions of dollars in debt. The car wash? @$10 per hour x 40 hours per week X 100 years less living expenses........he will be out of prison faster.
posted by Atheist at 06:38 PM on October 29
There is a difference between writing a NSF checks and knowingly writing checks you cannot cover. That is fraud and that is why he is being pursued criminally and was arrested. The very definition of a criminal is one who commits crimes. Maybe not a violent criminal but a criminal nontheless.
The crime is not that he blew all his money. That is stupidity and he was free to excercise it. The crime is after he ran out of money, he continued to defraud people and businesses out of goods and services he knew he could not pay for. You can go to jail for that.
One thing is clear here, and that is in order to stay out of jail, he will probably declare bankruptcy, and the courts will decide how to liquidate any assets to pay creditor claims. The DA's in the various juristictions will decide the extent of criminal charges to be filed. There will soon be an auction of Rolexes, Bentleys, Houses, etc. I hear there will be some good deals on custom tailored suits, if you happen to be 6'8" and of the proper weight and size.
posted by Atheist at 03:52 PM on October 29
I read the article. There is no excuse. He is just plain stupid and from his mother's comments so is she. No sympathy is warranted. As his mother says he is entitled to live his life the way he wants. He has chosen to blow a one in 100 million opportunity if favor of poverty. Now he can live the life he chooses one of a broke criminal. Personally I think he is getting just what he deserves. When you are incredibly lucky and given every opportunity anybody could ever dream of, then squander it, well no sob story really cuts it.
Also I tend to dissagree with Weedy here, I don't see a generous nice guy. I see a selfish guy who spends his and other peoples money (criminally I might add) on a lavish, big shot life style of gambling, luxury and showing off, regardless of the consequenses to him or his family, with no regard for anybody else or the future.
posted by Atheist at 02:28 PM on October 29
0-6 is a terrible start but for a team that won 10 or 12 straight last year it seems a little early to give up. According to the some of the Patriot players, the Titans just seemed to totally give up in their game. If it were my decision I would field my best team for the next couple of games. If they can win a couple in a row then I would stay with the plan. Once they are statistically eliminated from the playoffs, then I would let Young take over and make the decisions regarding where they go from here. I just don't see how you can absolve the coaching staff of responsibility for a team that almost went undefeated last season, played the world champs on the road and lost by only 3 points in the opener, and by week 5 or 6 is throwing in the towel.
This coaching staff needs to make clear to all the players that their jobs are on the line if they don't give 100% effort on the field regardless of the win loss record. They need to play for pride, their market value as players, the future and playing their hardest is the best way to prevent injuries to themselves and their teamates. If this team does not win at least 6 or 8 games this season, I would fire the coaching staff and start over next year.
posted by Atheist at 05:11 PM on October 28
"Vince has won a lot of games for us," Adams told The Tennessean.
Well I think Vince has proven he can't read defenses, and doesn't throw the ball up to NFL calibre. He also has shown he can't cope well emotionally with being an NFL QB. If the Titans bet their future on this guy they can kiss being a contender good by for a long time.
The problem with the Titans is that they started the season as one of the top teams in the league, and based on their record last year, had one of the most difficult schedules to start a season.
First game a tough 3 pt loss to the world champ Steelers in Pittsburg. Second game a tough 3 pt loss again to the Texans at home. Third game a tough loss on the road to at that time the very hot NY Jets. Fourth game a second in a row on the road and a loss to the Jaguars. Fifth game they get beat by the Colts at home (no real shame there). Then on the road to NE where they get clobbered early and essentially give up not just for the game but for the season.
I don't see how starting a QB who has thrown 5 times this year without a completion is going to save them. They really need to look at the coaching staff that has essentially taken a team that won 14 games last year to an 0-6 start. Of course from what I can tell they are in love with Fisher so therefore Kerry Collins gets thrown under the bus. Well I don't see how you can blame a QB or make a QB change and solve the teams problems when their defense gave up an NFL record 5 TD passes in one quarter and allowed 59 points in a game.
Maybe they need a coach that can instill the fight and pride back to the team and salvage some wins so they can build on it for next season.You would think that they should be a very dangerous opponent for teams for the rest of this year as certainly they have nothing to loose. If I were the coach I would be playing a very unpredictable game plan as sometimes a team with nothing to loose and everything to gain can be the most dangerous to play against.
posted by Atheist at 02:36 PM on October 28
What is the world coming to? I can understand why sports organizations as a rule are trying to prevent Performance Enhancing Drug use. But why care about Performance Reducing Drug use? Obviously certain drugs can make you go from number 1 to number 141 in a relatively short time.
Whatever happened to personal freedom?
I agree with Weedy and can't understand why a guy like Agassi would resort to such a hillbilly / trailer trash recreational drug. Why not use the good stuff, if you are going to risk you career for it? I'm just sayin....
posted by Atheist at 12:36 PM on October 28
I am puzzled, he got his home run power by cheating and he had a lifetime batting average of .263, how does this qualify him to be a hitting coach?
posted by Atheist at 05:21 PM on October 26
I really thought I had heard the Jerry Jones financed the entire stadium with his own money and private financing. My mistake.
I guess that makes Jerry Jones the smartest person in Texas. He gets almost a billion dollars from the tax payers to build a stadium he owns. That makes the people of Los Angeles look even smarter. Al Davis tried the same thing it just would not fly in LA.
posted by Atheist at 05:07 PM on October 26
It is not that LA does not care about football. USC and UCLA don't have any trouble filling stadiums.
The people of Los Angeles were too smart to allow their tax payer dollars to be used to build Georgia Fronandrearie, or Al Aholedavis a new stadium. The fans of LA will welcome a pro team that wants to play at the Collaseum or use investor or their own dollars to build their a stadium ala Jerry Jones. Why should tax payers subsidize the NFL or an NFL team. This was a matter of principle. A lot of other cities allowed an NFL franchise to hold them hostage to stadium demands but LA did not. The NFL will come crawling back here because the market potential is number one in the country.
posted by Atheist at 01:02 PM on October 26
Magic did not just have an affair but was knows for what they called booty parties (hooker orgies). That was the story of his HIV infection. The kissy kiss relationship he seemed to have had with Thomas added fuel to the gay speculation. To this day here in LA I think people question his sexuality. Not that there is anything wrong with it. It is just how many Aids cases have you heard about of heterosexual men, who are not intraveinous drug users?
In any case this book and its allogations show that these guys as great as they were as players, were pretty immature kids who maybe have yet to grow up.
posted by Atheist at 02:29 PM on October 22
Ufez - Whats wrong with a single 30 year old dating a 22 year old? Doesn't seem sleazy to me. I think the key word is single that makes it OK.
They say she is 22 but she looks 42 and frankly although her looks are fairly irrelevant, they do make me wonder what was this A hole thinking? I just don't even understand the temptation let alone a ruin my life and family action. Don't even mention the fact that not only is she lacking in physical appeal but she is an apparent mental case on top of it all.
Sometimes it is nice to see that some people do get exactly what they deserve. Like it or not this girl did do the guys wife a giant favor. Probably saved the rest of her life by avoiding more time with an idiot for a husband.
posted by Atheist at 04:07 PM on October 21
Is It Time to Retire the Football Helmet?
"How often are you getting hit on the average Sunday?"
Brilliant comment. What does that have to do with anything? Let me reiterate, every thing has a risk and as adults I will assume anybody who loves football enough to make it to the NFL not only loves to play football, but is comfortable with the risks and rewards of the career they have chosen.
The NFL has an incredibly strong players union. If the players wanted to outlaw helmets, they would. I am wondering why everybody seems so concerned with protecting NFL players when of all the occupations I can think of, they have some of the best pay, benefits, and a player run union to fight for the rights and goals of their membership.