NFL Rant

[TheBelly]

OK, I'll start this by saying that I'm not an ardent fan of the NFL...

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I don't want to hear any whining about the hopped up morons that play a game for a living. Let me say that again: YOU GET PAID TO PLAY A GAME. YOU GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO PLAY A GAME. I dare you freakin morons to spend just one day doing an honest day's work.

Let me help you out in another way: Your lives playing a game have no impact on teh lives on anyone and you have no real impact to society in general. Most players have a college degree. Maybe that criminal justice degree could be used to help understand what makes criminals tick, maybe you could go teach kids about the society of america with your degree in civics/political science.

All I get to hear all day is you whining about how you don't feel the game is fair anymore with the replacement refs. You're still playing a game for a living.

You're all weaklings who don't have the intestinal fortitude to shut the eff up and realize how lucky you are. There are people who have real problems. They don't have jobs, they can't pay their bills, their vehicles break down... the list is almost endless.

Get off your high horse and stop complaining about getting a bad call when there is no real implication to the real world.

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[Teufelhund]

6/10 for lack of swearing. I totally agree with you. I'm also pretty excited that the Dallas game is being shown here so I don't have to go find a bar to watch it.

[SuperiorDG]

I'm sorry but you are completely wrong and your thinking is socialist and reminds me of the crap BO is putting out.


I don't want to hear any whining about the hopped up morons that play a game for a living. Let me say that again: YOU GET PAID TO PLAY A GAME. YOU GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO PLAY A GAME. I dare you freakin morons to spend just one day doing an honest day's work.

They do a job that will take 20 years or more off their life expectancy. I would also bet they spend more time doing their work then most do. This is their job and there is a market for it. There is a market for what they are selling and working for so who are you to judge what people need and want?

Let me help you out in another way: Your lives playing a game have no impact on teh lives on anyone and you have no real impact to society in general.

Who are you to judge what is an impact on society? Many find value in what they do, that is why they get paid what they do. The market speaks to this fact.

Most players have a college degree. Maybe that criminal justice degree could be used to help understand what makes criminals tick, maybe you could go teach kids about the society of america with your degree in civics/political science.

So since you deem their jobs worthless you think they should do something they may not want to do? No one should have to do something they don't want to do. This is a free country. What do you do to contribute to the above social problems?

All I get to hear all day is you whining about how you don't feel the game is fair anymore with the replacement refs. You're still playing a game for a living.

They want to be the best they can be in what they do. If you were unfairly judged in your work you would also have a problem with it.

You're all weaklings who don't have the intestinal fortitude to shut the eff up and realize how lucky you are. There are people who have real problems. They don't have jobs, they can't pay their bills, their vehicles break down... the list is almost endless.

So the NFL players should not get what they get so these poor can pay their bills? Perhaps we should listen to the OWS people, they are saying the same thing about CEOs as you, and re-distribute their money?

Get off your high horse and stop complaining about getting a bad call when there is no real implication to the real world.

This is simply your opinion about the NFL and as is said above, your view is myopic. The market sets the value of a product, not the individual.

[sniper7]

I won't even rate the rant! I thought it was weak. Everyone pisses and moans about their job, their family, politics, what isn't going right in "their" world. Just the way it is.

One thing I don't understand is how a seemingly good percentage of professional athletes, or other very high income earners suck with money. I understand you have a "life" to live and the cost of living increases with the amount you make, but I would think the amount you save would as well. Not to mention investments, and having someone around you guide you to do something smart with your money for the future.

[blacklabel]

I'm sorry but you are completely wrong and your thinking is socialist and reminds me of the crap BO is putting out.

Thanks for typing that out. I was hoping someone would say it so I wouldn't have to.

[airborneranger]

Thanks for typing that out. I was hoping someone would say it so I wouldn't have to.

Wow. That is a bit harsh.

I am sure the OP posted this because he is sitting in a shit hole called Afghanistan. Perhaps he is comparing it to the meager salaries in comparison that the young American Soldiers are earning. Just a guess.

To make such a comparison with the OP is completely uncalled for and just plain ignorant.

This site is certainly circling the drain.

[BREATHER]

NFL sucks..... Ticket prices are pretty much beyond anyones means. They make a buttload of money selling in comercials that sell product that are beyond alot of peoples means. Taking twenty years off their lives, too fucking bad. They have as good a medical plan as congress and the senate, whcih most American cannot afford. Look at the cost our troops are paying, with life and limbs, for a nonsensical conflict. So unless ticket prices go down, they stop whining and a whole lot of other nonsense, they can blow me.....I will not spend the money to go to games... I would rather watch high school games....

[TheBelly]

What do you do to contribute to the above social problems?

I'm a Soldier. You're welcome.

[SuperiorDG]

I'm a Soldier. You're welcome.

That is an honorable choice you made and I think you for it.

[Delfuego]

I'm a Soldier. You're welcome.

You get a pass, rant away! At least until you get home safely. Then you become fair game

Having worked very closely with 2 NFL quarterbacks in my past (Steve Young and Joe Montana) I can tell you that they are very very intelligent and incredibly business savvy.

Nobody likes a name dropping "jock-sniffer" as we say in hockey