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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:49 PM Original message |
Former NFL star Dave Pear is sorry he ever played football |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I work with people every day who suffer that kind of pain, but all they have to show for it is |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Damn right- He should have been a miner or a commercial fisherman. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That is a very good point sir. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yeah, but the NFL guys are the lucky ones... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. it causes brain injuries each time they are hit and it can cause death |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yes, Football is bad. There's been a lot about it in the media lately. I had no idea. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. I warned my tall, thin son as he approached puberty that I would never consider letting him |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. my dad was offered a full football scholarship |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. We lost a middle school student last year on the football field after |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I Had Lunch With Him Back In 86 Or 87 When He Was Looking For A Job |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Interesting point. With football, he got 30 years of physical abuse in 10 yrs. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Pear missed out on the really big money. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Thanks for pointing that out... |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. i got out of football during high school. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. My neighbor's son had an opportunity to try out with Tampa Bay . . . |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. When I was 27, I dated an ex-cheerleader (she was 23 at the time) ... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Those young figure skaters go through a lot of pain too. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Yep. Ditto with gymnasts. The ones that train for most of their young lives never really grow quite |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Cheering is really rough on the joints, especially the more competitive sort. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. I promise: No kneepad jokes! |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. knr. Football is a brutal corporate business that takes its toll on bodies and emotions. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Have you ever noticed how Howie Long walks in the truck commercials |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. life is a hard job that takes its toll on all of us. football player, laborer, truck driver... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. To all you unsympathetic ones: Maybe he's talking to the parents of high schoolers? Ya think? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. i wasn't snarkin'. unless you sit on your ass in a cubicle all day, work will fuck with you... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. In one ear and out the other... n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. get old, cupcake. then you can join the rest of us... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In the meantime, at least I can comprehend a point and not miss it completely. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. ah. you can comprehend a point. even if the point is complete bullshit. good for you... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You know, maybe if you stopped shaking your stick for a minute, you'd see it. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. if football were the only way to wind up hurt, i might agree with you... |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I wholeheartedly agree, Pithlet. n/t |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. You must not live in Texas, where football is idolized beyond imagination and |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. You're talking about spearing |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. My high school begged me to play. I refused. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. My sister had more injuries in cheerleading than football or martial arts. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. But Cheerleaders Don't Get Traumatic Brain Injuries |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Has anybody looked? |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Enjoyed every moment I spent playing football |
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Username 12 (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. I hope he's got plenty of dough left |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I imagine his medical conditions ate up a lot of it. |
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rabs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. NFL Bengals quarterback predicts a player will die |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. People die on the job every day.. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. The men load up with steroids early in life and become massive |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Already happened |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. Many Athletes Pay A Price... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. what about boxing? |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. I dont even bother with commenting on sports threads anymore. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. K&R |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. Onr of my friends is one of the.. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. If he had just sat his ass on his couch for all those years |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. This article is as much about the NFL's rotten disability policy as anything |
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