Super Bowl 50

[Chef2]

Any potential occupation can carry physical risk.

Skipping college to work in a factory means you'll get a decent paycheck at 19 but, by 40, your joints may be shot. UPS drivers make good money but when was the last one you saw who was 60?

Even in my business, photographers and reporters usually get the hell out by 40 to work on the ashignment desk or management because that crap wears on your body.

Where will it end from NFL players? I know quite a few guys who played in the NBA and Europe, some for many, many years. Their knees and legs are shot and they hobble around like Fred Sanford... and they're only 45.

Would any of them give back those years 20-25 years ago? The money, fame, baby dolls?

Bin-freaking-go
Yes, it sucks that some NFL players are having issues post career.
If you asked 100 NFL players would they do it all over again, 100 would say yes.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Bin-freaking-go
Yes, it sucks that some NFL players are having issues post career.
If you asked 100 NFL players would they do it all over again, 100 would say yes.

That's an odd statement considering many have been asked that very question and said no. Randle El was the most recent, only a few weeks ago.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Dave Pear, who has dementia, said it wasn't worth it in an interview with Only a Game.

Super Bowl Veteran Dave Pear: 'It Just Wasn't Worth It To Me'

 

[Steak Snabler]

"All players" is probably too strong a statement, but I'm guessing nearly all the star players — especially the guys from the 90s forward who made the big money — would do it all again.

Many of them would have never gone to college without football, which means that chances are, they'd have been doing backbreaking work to earn a living.

 

[LongTimeListener]

"All players" is probably too strong a statement, but I'm guessing nearly all the star players — especially the guys from the 90s forward who made the big money — would do it all again.

Many of them would have never gone to college without football, which means that chances are, they'd have been doing backbreaking work to earn a living.

Those star players account for less than 10 percent of the league.

I'd be interested in something that surveyed a good amount of the other 90 percent. I'd bet a lot of them -- especially the 2-4 year guys -- have plenty of regret. Those guys didn't make any money and have a lot of physical and mental damage to endure.

Guessing the Giants dude who ODed at age 27 would fit into the "regret" category. And it's hard to see how Jovan Belcher wouldn't have been struggling with this kind of thing.

 

[exmediahack]

I bet nearly all would go back and do it again.

Playing in the NFL, even for two years, opens so many doors for the future after the games leaves you behind. Including the ability to lose all of your NFL money on some stupid casual restaurant idea where you played.

 

[exmediahack]

Those star players account for less than 10 percent of the league.

I'd be interested in something that surveyed a good amount of the other 90 percent. I'd bet a lot of them -- especially the 2-4 year guys -- have plenty of regret. Those guys didn't make any money and have a lot of physical and mental damage to endure.

Guessing the Giants dude who ODed at age 27 would fit into the "regret" category. And it's hard to see how Jovan Belcher wouldn't have been struggling with this kind of thing.

Sash had issues and scrapes with the law for many years.

To be a big-time Division I football player, much less an NFL player, you have to be either mashive or hyper-aggressive. I don't think the issues are about CTE as much as the ability of a young man to "shut it off" when he is not practicing or playing football.

 

[Steak Snabler]

 

[novelist_wannabe]

31-24 Panthers. Really don't see Denver's defense holding them much below that. The sheriff loses the shootout.

 

[heyabbott]

31-24 Panthers. Really don't see Denver's defense holding them much below that.

The only way it's that close is if Denver scores a TD with less than a minute left.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I've been saying Carolina by 10 for two weeks. Today I just got it stuck in my head that a mistake or two might keep it closer.

 

[heyabbott]

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