dave mcbride Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) The VAST majority of these guys can't play ANY other high paying pro sports. If they could.....they WOULD. Richie Incognito couldn't earn minimum wage in any sport that didn't involve violence and he's one of the best at his job in the sport. Exactly. Football is often the last resort unless you're Jameis, who was a bona fide good pitcher at fsu. Still, i see jameis as triple-a level max with maybe a couple-few years in the big show as a middle reliever. Russell wilson? Double A level because of the hitting problems. I bet you Bo Jackson wished he ever made the choice he did too. Edited December 2, 2015 by dave mcbride
Mr. WEO Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Sure, but the hardest thing to do in any sport is to hit a baseball. Being big, fast and strong isn't enough. Yeah, but they hardly expect you to hit it very often. Under 30% of the time and you still may get 10 million a year.
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) Yeah, but they hardly expect you to hit it very often. Under 30% of the time and you still may get 10 million a year. True, but it's incredibly difficult to even hit the ball that often. Baseball players need to posses a special talent that few have. Size and speed are rarely important. In order to make it to the NFL you need not only special talent, but size and speed as well. A 5'8 150 pound player can make it in baseball. A 5'8 150 pound football doesn't have a prayer. Even if they possess tons of football ability. To be an NFL player there are certain natural gifts you must be blessed with at birth. Those guys will always become football players. If you are big, strong, and fast many times you can be successful in the NFL. The biggest, strongest, and fastest become stars ex. Gronkowski. It doesn't mean they could hit a baseball consistently in MLB because they want to make more money. Edited December 2, 2015 by DriveFor1Outta5
kota Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Pretty sure if you opened up the heads of any person who has managed to play football from PEE WEE to the NFL some form of CTE will be present. People want to say this is a problem for the NFL. they are at the end it starts way earlier in life.
shibuya Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) So sad to see yet another life shortened because of the NFL. reality is pretty much every single NFL player will live a shortened life... no matter what they do. Its a violent sport, and those in the NFL have been playing it for decade or more prior Edited December 2, 2015 by shibuya
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