Here's every concussion in the NFL this year pic.twitter.com/zyzwciboSj— Josh Begley (@joshbegley) February 1, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
Aside from the concussion issueas a fan of football, I think there's something to the fact that football on NFL and college level for the past decade have been dominated by Belechik/Patriots and Saban/Alabama, who are really two of the most anti-charismatic/joyless operations in the history of sports....just grim hyper competence....just comparing it to say guys like Steve Kerr or Popovich in the NBA who seem like really cool, smart guys
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
also like...the Cleveland Indians are not handling their team name and mascot issue particularly well but they're moving a bit forward and MLB is pressuring them, which is SOMETHING, whereas in the NFL Goodell is just standing w/Snyder and that terrible team's inarguably racist name. They should be contracted.
i really don't have much positive to say about the league or sport or most of its prominent players tbh.
― omar little, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
RIP football
No one on Jeopardy knew anything about football đ pic.twitter.com/EomJWawkWF— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 2, 2018
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Friday, 2 February 2018 03:07 (six years ago) link
i coulda won a lot of money
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 February 2018 03:23 (six years ago) link
lmao
― lagân, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
Then there's this piece
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/sunday/nfl-cte-brain-damage.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
bananas
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/05/22/anthem-rules-kneeling-penalties-home-team-stay-locker-room-roger-goodell
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
if both teams kneel, the penalties offset and they'll replay the anthem
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
lolthe crowd should kneel
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 02:51 (five years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/24yUvz2kSe2Dm/source.gif
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
*refs start breakdancing*
― sprout god (lagân), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
ATLANTA -- NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance but gives them the option to remain in the locker room if they prefer, it was announced Wednesday.The new policy subjects teams to a fine if a player or any other team personnel do not show respect for the anthem. That includes any attempt to sit or kneel, as dozens of players have done during the past two seasons. Those teams will also have the option to fine any team personnel, including players, for the infraction."This season, all league and team personnel shall stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "Personnel who choose not to stand for the Anthem may stay in the locker room until after the Anthem has been performed."We believe today's decision will keep our focus on the game and the extraordinary athletes who play it -- and on our fans who enjoy it."A vote took place at the conclusion of the league's spring meetings and was approved by all 32 owners.
The new policy subjects teams to a fine if a player or any other team personnel do not show respect for the anthem. That includes any attempt to sit or kneel, as dozens of players have done during the past two seasons. Those teams will also have the option to fine any team personnel, including players, for the infraction.
"This season, all league and team personnel shall stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "Personnel who choose not to stand for the Anthem may stay in the locker room until after the Anthem has been performed.
"We believe today's decision will keep our focus on the game and the extraordinary athletes who play it -- and on our fans who enjoy it."
A vote took place at the conclusion of the league's spring meetings and was approved by all 32 owners.
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
creepy af
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
forced patriotism is the best patriotism
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
also, any student who doesn't stand for the pledge of allegiance gets detention
― na (NA), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
Now it will be even more of a protest when they kneel, good job you dickheads
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
everyone should kneel
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
NFLPA not happy: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/389018-nfl-players-association-criticizes-new-league-policy-on-kneeling
― Brad C., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
donate $130,000 per kneel to planned parenthood or gtfo
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Do you think they'd be fined for kneeling AND praying?
― Regreta Garbo (Leee), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
nfl in screwing up really badly again shocker.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
I wonder what happens if the NFL players figure out a way to protest while standing up. pic.twitter.com/tXLZisJ5qO— Neuro Polarbear (@NeuroPolarbear) May 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
heh
― sleeve, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
middle finger salute?
players shd tackle the owners to death just spitballin
― sprout god (lagân), Thursday, 24 May 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
Fans should kick themselves in the nuts
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 24 May 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
Repeatedly until they bleed out
― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 May 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
Deshaun Watson and Carson Wentz try to return from knee injuries, Andrew Luck from a shoulder injury, Kirk Cousins debuts for Vikings and Jon Gruden returns to Oakland...yet the biggest week 1 storyline is shaping up to be who stands for anthem and who stays in locker room.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 24, 2018
― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 May 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
Larry Fedora: âOur game is under attack ... I fear that the game will be pushed so far from what we know that we wonât recognize it 10 years from now. And if it does, our country will go down, too.â— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) July 18, 2018
north carolina coach goes lolverboard
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
fedora? jesus christ.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
and his name is Fedora
xpost lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
it sounds likes hes saying those wld be bad things
― sprout god (lagân), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
well at least he's in lockstep with the political views of his community, which is *checks notes* Chapel Hill.
― evol j, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
Apparently theyâre doing better business than ever on the TV revenue front. God, fuck this sport.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22344060
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/19/college-football-deaths-offseason-workouts
While Marylandâs institutional mea culpa was unusual, McNairâs death was not. University of Maine defensive back Darius Minor collapsed and died of a heart condition in July during an informal team workout. According to Andersonâs research, 33 NCAA football players died playing the sport between 2000 and 2016, an average of two per season. Six of those deaths were traumatic, the result of injuries caused by collisions. The rest were non-traumatic, the result of intense exercise. All but one of the non-traumatic deaths occurred during the offseason.To put things another way: college players are four and a half times more likely to die training for football than actually practicing or playing it.
To put things another way: college players are four and a half times more likely to die training for football than actually practicing or playing it.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 19 August 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
fuck this atavistic bullshit sport and fuck you for watching it
Sally Jenkins of all people lays out how fucked up that is
― faculty w1fe (silby), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Hatcats no longer popular
― faculty w1fe (silby), Monday, 17 September 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/09/health/dylan-thomas-georgia-high-school-football-cause-of-death/index.html
Pike County Coach Brad Webber said officials are not sure when or how Dylan was injured. Coaches reviewed video of the game to try to pinpoint what happened -- whether he had taken a hit to the head, for example -- but nothing stuck out, he said.Video of Dylan's final game was released by Pike County High School. The footage does not show any traumatic or catastrophic hits to his head. At one point in the second quarter, he is seen in the video being hit by two players on a running play and is slow to get up. He continues playing.
Video of Dylan's final game was released by Pike County High School. The footage does not show any traumatic or catastrophic hits to his head. At one point in the second quarter, he is seen in the video being hit by two players on a running play and is slow to get up. He continues playing.
― omar little, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
This is why the transition from football player to civilian life is so difficult. In addition to trying to learn some new skill after âretiringâ (football players retire the way JFK retired from politics), we must now do alone what it used to take a village of highly trained specialists to accomplishâand even they had trouble. To manage the deterioration without daily access to a single system of careâan umbrella with an orthopedist, a physician, a gastroenterologist, a joint-surgeon, a nutritionist, a psychologist, a neurologist, dentist, acupuncturist, yoga instructor, etc.âis difficult. Add to that the paperwork it takes to do it, and we simply canât manage it. Not because weâre stupid, but because they kept us away from books. They kept us away from the Language of Life, because it was a âdistractionâ, and now a simple form may take an hour or two to comprehend. Especially with these headaches.
https://deadspin.com/the-nfl-broke-former-players-like-me-heres-one-way-to-1829914431
― omar little, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
those Nate Jackson articles are excellent. they always make me a bit nauseated.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
this by his former teammate is also good: https://theundefeated.com/features/former-nfl-player-domonique-foxworth-big-questions-after-end-of-career
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
nate jackson's memoir was great imo
― shwarmaduke (symsymsym), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
i have not watched a snap of football this season, and i didnt even try
― lagân, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
Bears QB Mitch Troobinski threw six TDs in one game and I felt no joy
― omar little, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
one time i turned on a chargers home game just to see how many road fans were there. answer: a lot
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
i've legitimately only seen a couple people wearing Chargers gear in L.A., and tbh i don't see many in Rams gear either. Not compared to how many I see in Dodgers/Lakers/Kings gear.
― omar little, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
maybe its because they're having a down year but I've been hearing almost no one talk about the Packers this year. people were way more into the Brewer playoff run.
― frogbs, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
outside of that amazing first game I haven't really found myself caring much. in the past, that Ty Montgomery play would've ruined my whole week. now it's just, "oh well, sucks, what are you gonna do"
― frogbs, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link