pork pie fox
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Very commendable action on your team's part.
Football (of the American variety) is upon us
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Very commendable action on your team's part.
Blue Maniac
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Just going back to Jovan Belcher a moment. Without trying to be flippant, when was the last NFL season to pass without the violent death of at least one player in the league?
pork pie fox
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Don't know. But I have got nearly half my death list made up of American sports stars so I get where you're coming from.
Miles Away
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Certainly some of the statistics are troubling, especially in regards to suicide and gun-related death.
Some key names to google if you want to explore it a little further:
Rae Carruth
Jamal Lewis
Ray Lewis
Sean Taylor
Junior Seau
James Dungy
Garrett Reid
Not to mention the concussion-related incidents which are quite obviously leading to severe mental challenges among current and former players. A particular unreal story is the one of Barret Robbins. I was presented with some player surveys recently that made me literally shiver. Here are the resulting articles:
http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...statistics-study-brain-trauma-retired-players
"A startling 70 percent of the players surveyed say they live in fear of losing their minds."
It's an insanely violent game played by "tough guys" and there is an entire swath of fans and pundits that rail against any kind rule changes to ensure player safety.
It's a distinctly American attitude and a distinctly American game. And don't get me wrong, I love it...but I would be extremely fearful if my child took the game up.
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pork pie fox
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I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure it was someone like Drew Brees who said recently that he wouldn't like his kids to play it.
Some of the stories are very sad. I've always found James Dungy's particularly bad, I guess just cos his dad always seems to come across so well.
Blue Maniac
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pork pie fox
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Sorry that was meant to have Macky's sarcastic icon attached but I couldn't find it.
Blue Maniac
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He's not as creepy as Tim Tebow or that ultra creepy bastard Mitt Romney*, in fact he appears on the surface to be a nice guy, but when you know there's something off about someone it's hard not to think 'what a sinister ****'.
*It's only just occurred to me that some of the world's most disturbing people are Americans. Odd.
Macky
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Miles Away
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Dungy,I can report, is genuinely one of the nicest fellas in the business and you won't find anyone say a bad word about him.
He's a bit of a God squad type but to each their own.
As for Americans being stranger than other nations...I'd argue some of the stories out of England this year hardly paint us in a much brighter light.
Macky, it was Warner who said that about his children. Now Warner, he is a bit of a weirdo.
He's a bit of a God squad type but to each their own.
As for Americans being stranger than other nations...I'd argue some of the stories out of England this year hardly paint us in a much brighter light.
Macky, it was Warner who said that about his children. Now Warner, he is a bit of a weirdo.
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Blue Maniac
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I may be wrong but isn't he part of the anti-gay brigade? I'm sure I read that somewhere. In any case, Christians creep me out so that's probably what it is.
That's true. Always thought there was something wrong about Savile but didn't think it'd be that.
pork pie fox
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I think if you took the religious stuff out of him he'd be ok. I'm sure I've seen some less savoury beliefs of his before somewhere though and for me that negates his 'nice guy' side.
Miles Away
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Over here the Christian stuff is just a part of the package you kind of have to accept. They are some way behind Europe on the secular scale.
A very young country established by religious outcasts.
A very young country established by religious outcasts.
Macky
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Not so. If you're talking about the Pilgrims, they didn't establish the country. The group that did establish the country about 150 years after the Pilgrims landed certainly weren't religious outcasts. They were made up of catholics and various denominations of protestantism, but most were deists or atheists.
Miles Away
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http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...t-blood-alcohol-twice-legal-limit-jerry-brown
Another dead player.
Another dead player.
pork pie fox
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Yeah saw that earlier in the week. Brent went to the memorial type thing too didn't he?
pork pie fox
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Another good win MA! Cam seems to be doing it again.
Miles Away
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Indeed, looks much better and Rivera might have done enough to save his job. New GM heavily rumoured to be all done and dusted too.
pork pie fox
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Who will it be then? They've got a pretty decent base to work with.
Miles Away
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Ross from the Giants. Head scout for a team that has drafted well for a long time.
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