Posted by fayeroe on August 2, 2010, at 19:20:43
In reply to Re: Any football fans here? NFL., posted by Dinah on August 2, 2010, at 15:04:43
> I like watching. It's like little chessmen who can move and make mistakes or brilliant successes.
I've never thought of it that way. That is interesting. I'll look at it when the season starts.
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> And I teared all up when the Saints went to the Superbowl last year.I was SO proud of the Saints. I was proud for the team but I was most happy for New Orleans. I could really feel better about the recovery than I had previously felt. I guess they could have picked up and gone to another city?
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> But I haven't followed any of the personalities since the very sexy Joe Montana or the very civic minded Morten Andersen. Well, maybe the Manning family.I think Peyton Manning's commercials are hilarious. I like both of them a lot. Good people.
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> I've vaguely become aware of enough stories, though, to think that there are some strange things going on.I call it the National Felon League now. The University of Texas had 10 players arrested in 8 months after I moved here. I wrote a letter to the paper about UT preparing them for pro careers.
I believe that some of the kids in college go into pro football with a tremendous feeling of entitlement due to the way they are treated in high school and college. Then they get a multi-million dollar contract and just go nuts.
I wish they would just separate college ball from the school and call it a business. That is what it is now. Maybe prepare the players for IRL.
Pacman is pathetic. Michael Vick and the quarterback "Big Ben" are right there with him. Vick lost his soul and millions by fighting dogs, lost any credibility that he had and Big Ben has done it through being abusive to women and having the "can't touch me" attitude.
End of rant. :-)
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