BigMikeinNY Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 What happened to the good 'ole days of players still playing on the field with sprained everything, bones sticking out, and blood coming out of everywhere? Every year of fantasy football is gets more frustrating to see the Q and P list grow and grow each season. Is it more the players or the coaches that are being cautious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 In the good ole days the sport wasn't worth billions... It's all about money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo-J Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It's all about money That's crazy talk... Get out of town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Every year of fantasy football is gets more frustrating to see the Q and P list grow and grow each season. sounds like you're the crybaby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 In the good ole days the sport wasn't worth billions... It's all about money Afraid so. fn almighty dollar has f-ed up pro sports in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltosis Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 (edited) Players are so much bigger, faster, and stronger now it takes a differnt type of player. Gone are the days of a guy taping up an injury, drinking a sixer in the locker room and heading out to play. If that sort of thing interests you, which it does me, read Art Donovans book. I dont remember the name of it now, but its good. Oh yeah, that and the money. fatso EDIT: to add book link. Edited September 22, 2006 by Cameltosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 read Art Donovans book. A classic player and book. GB when football players were hard-nosed, no-nonsense guys, not a bunch of egomanic, prima donna felony-doing a-holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendocious Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) What happened to the good 'ole days of players still playing on the field with sprained everything, bones sticking out, and blood coming out of everywhere? Every year of fantasy football is gets more frustrating to see the Q and P list grow and grow each season. Is it more the players or the coaches that are being cautious? The caution is not just gamesmanship. Don't discount what sports medicine has discovered about the long term effects of playing football. Here's an excerpt from an older article on Curt Marsh: He says he doesn't regret having sacrificed his health for football, for the game he loves -- but also the game that caused his degenerative arthritis, the replacement of one hip and the scheduled replacement of another -- and, seven years after his retirement in 1987, the amputation of his leg from the ankle down. Nevertheless, 21 years after eagerly entering the NFL as a first-round draft pick, Marsh has had to come to terms with a grim future -- years, probably decades, of pain and disability. Two days before his birthday, he came home from a nine-week hospital stay after two back surgeries related to degenerative arthritis. Those operations boosted the total to about 30. "I stopped counting at around 21," he says. " [ sfgate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/01/IN183821.DTL' rel="external nofollow">] A lot of old football players have a lot of health issues. If it were 20 years ago, Priest Holmes would probably still be playing this season. Edited September 23, 2006 by kendocious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Ghost Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I'll tell ya what happened to the blood and bones sticking out, the damn Jihadist Byaches took it over. Once we drop every NUKE we own on the DB's it will return to the NFL! What happened to the good 'ole days of players still playing on the field with sprained everything, bones sticking out, and blood coming out of everywhere? Every year of fantasy football is gets more frustrating to see the Q and P list grow and grow each season. Is it more the players or the coaches that are being cautious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilfish2 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoBeast Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 yes they are babies, it's great watching em throw tantrums when they don't get the ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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