Crazy, he looked like he was gonna be one of the up and coming stars

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Wow...I saw a few games and that kid was a MONSTER flying all over the field.  Go on him for thinking long term, but wow.  Between him, Locker, and Worilds all walking away early plus all the trades, Gore going from Philly to Indy...this has been a CRAZY offseason!

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“Motivation alone is not enough.  If you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn

 

Prolly cause people outside of those areas are smarter. Smart enough to sign their kids up for soccer, while inner city parents will remain so ignorant to not recognize the long term affects of their kids playing Futbol Americana. Just trying to read into the thinking behind the comment

 

Can you refute that thinking?

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"I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man." - Teddy Roosevelt

Prolly cause people outside of those areas are smarter. Smart enough to sign their kids up for soccer, while inner city parents will remain so ignorant to not recognize the long term affects of their kids playing Futbol Americana. Just trying to read into the thinking behind the comment

 

This is exactly my thinking. Sounds bad, but it is what it is.

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This is exactly my thinking. Sounds bad, but it is what it is.

It's just like anything else. Education is key. Football will continue to be the great game it is played on all levels in all demographics throughout the nation. Knowing the risks and and preventative measures (and of course equipment design will get better from a safety stand point) will allow us all to continue to enjoy the game and parents to continue to have their kids in everything from sandlot, pop warner to the pros.


So we don't have to assume that those dumb ghetto dwellers (what the heck is a ghetto anyway?) will be left behind in a cloud of stupid.


Just to reflect back on my own inner city upbringing here in Rochester, when I wasn't in South Bay,FL chasin rabbits outta cane fields, running rampid, honing my skill without even realizing it, me and my boys would go to different parks in the suburbs handing out butt woopins. With ease. Going back to our ghetto huts bumpin some Snoop... Laughin and joking about them weak, slow non athletic opponents

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You Gotta Be Able To Run Da' Rock~

The continued wussification of American men.

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The continued wussification of American men.

Maybe he values his brain a bit more than you do. It takes a real man to walk away from millions of dollars so he will have an opportunity to live a long a fruitful life without all the complications you hear about from other former football players. CTE is real.

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

The continued wussification of American men.

 

Yeah, what a wuss. Doesn't want to have mush for brains in his 40's and shoot himself. 

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CTE might explain why some football players mismanage their money. Retiring early might actually pay off.

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CTE might explain why some football players mismanage their money. Retiring early might actually pay off.

See Jerry Richardson aka the billionaire owner of the Panthers.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://m.nbcsports.com/content/walking-away-nfl-early-didn%E2%80%99t-hurt-colts-wr-jerry-richardson'>http://m.nbcsports.com/content/walking-away-nfl-early-didn’t-hurt-colts-wr-jerry-richardson</a>

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

CTE might explain why some football players mismanage their money. Retiring early might actually pay off.

 

Possibly a small part of it.

 

Very small part.

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If only everyone walked away from a dangerous job.  Police, firefighters, deployed military, coal miners, etc would be smart if they just walked off the job - nevermind supporting their families.

 

This country has become so risk adverse that it's scary.

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If only everyone walked away from a dangerous job. Police, firefighters, deployed military, coal miners, etc would be smart if they just walked off the job - nevermind supporting their families.


This country has become so risk adverse that it's scary.

Because playing a kids game is the same thing?

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

If only everyone walked away from a dangerous job.  Police, firefighters, deployed military, coal miners, etc would be smart if they just walked off the job - nevermind supporting their families.

 

This country has become so risk adverse that it's scary.

You think by some stretch of the imagination that a cop, firefighter, military, or coal miner have never quit the job before?

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If only everyone walked away from a dangerous job.  Police, firefighters, deployed military, coal miners, etc would be smart if they just walked off the job - nevermind supporting their families.

 

This country has become so risk adverse that it's scary.

 

So we're comparing guys playing a sport to first responders and the military?

 

Cool.

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You think by some stretch of the imagination that a cop, firefighter, military, or coal miner have never quit the job before?

 

I don't think many of them were offered enough money to financial secure their family's for life and then decided the job was too dangerous.  I'm sure it's happened, especially in modern day America, but I just don't see police, firefighters, and EMS walking off the job because it's too dangerous.  I've never seen it anyways.

 

What doctor walks off the job because he feels like the likelihood of him catching a disease is too high?

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So we're comparing guys playing a sport to first responders and the military?

 

Cool.

 

Yes.  Just because its a less noble job, doesn't mean its not a job.  

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If only everyone walked away from a dangerous job.  Police, firefighters, deployed military, coal miners, etc would be smart if they just walked off the job - nevermind supporting their families.

 

This country has become so risk adverse that it's scary.

 

It's always easy to be a tough guy when someone else is taking the risk.

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The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.

It's always easy to be a tough guy when someone else is taking the risk.

 

You don't even know me.  For all you know, I could secretly be an NFL player.

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You don't even know me.  For all you know I could secretly be an NFL player.

 

I'm sure you are fearless behind that desk.

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The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.