5-24: Doug Whaley on WGR

[26CornerBlitz]

WGR Poll: https://twitter.com/WGR550/status/735564252610625536

@WGR550

The Onion has spoken!

https://t.co/3gXVnYlIwy

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@WHTK

LISTEN - Tyler Dunne talks Whaley's Comment, new #Bills Media Policy, OTA's & more with @MoriartySports.

https://t.co/m8XRkuNCha

Edited May 25, 2016 by 26CornerBlitz

[26CornerBlitz]

OTL Discussion of Whaley's Comments (3:37)

[DirtDart]

Odd statement

Very odd, but blown out of proportion. More concerned with the buffoon who allowed the media policy to take place. Edited May 26, 2016 by DirtDart

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@janesports

How dare Bills GM Doug Whaley state an obvious truth about football?! Let's all crush him. Vitriolist: https://t.co/dAnXNZuX2M

[yungmack]

 

Meant or built is just semantics. With either word it would have been a throwaway line in the context of his larger point. Seriously overblown.

I disagree: it's far more than mere semantics. Damage -- some of it grievous -- inflicted by another player, is an ordinary condition of football. Baseball, basketball, tennis, golf...not so much. If you play football, you are going to get hurt because the human body isn't built to withstand the type of contact that's the essence of the game. Eliminate the contact, or overly restrict it, and you've essentially ended the sport.

 

As to whether the human body is "meant" to play the game, that's more of a philosophical question. The only things human bodies aren't "meant" to do are things that are impossible to do, such as walk around in outer space without a g-suit. Whether or not it's intelligent to do some of things we do is another question. But no matter how weird, if it's at all possible, someone will do it. Witness "Jackass."

[26CornerBlitz]

I disagree: it's far more than mere semantics. Damage -- some of it grievous -- inflicted by another player, is an ordinary condition of football. Baseball, basketball, tennis, golf...not so much. If you play football, you are going to get hurt because the human body isn't built to withstand the type of contact that's the essence of the game. Eliminate the contact, or overly restrict it, and you've essentially ended the sport.

 

As to whether the human body is "meant" to play the game, that's more of a philosophical question. The only things human bodies aren't "meant" to do are things that are impossible to do, such as walk around in outer space without a g-suit. Whether or not it's intelligent to do some of things we do is another question. But no matter how weird, if it's at all possible, someone will do it. Witness "Jackass."

 

It's still semantics with essentially the same meaning and the words can be used interchangeably without altering any meaning at all.

[FireChan]

Whaley's comments at least tangentially connect to the concussion issue. It's no wonder that the media picked it up.

[yungmack]

 

WGR Poll: https://twitter.com/WGR550/status/735564252610625536

@WGR550

The Onion has spoken!

https://t.co/3gXVnYlIwy

 

And did so in 2011. Is this the smoking gun behind Whaley's statement? Is he secretly reading The Onion and taking it at face value? Is he being punked by God as Buddy was by that "interviewer?" Does God hate the Bills or just their fans?

[26CornerBlitz]

And did so in 2011. Is this the smoking gun behind Whaley's statement? Is he secretly reading The Onion and taking it at face value? Is he being punked by God as Buddy was by that "interviewer?" Does God hate the Bills or just their fans?

 

You already know the deal.......DOOMED

[yungmack]

 

It's still semantics with essentially the same meaning and the words can be used interchangeably without altering any meaning at all.

No they can't. The modern automobile is "built" to protect passengers should you crash into a tree; it is not "meant" to do that.

[26CornerBlitz]

No they can't. The modern automobile is "built" to protect passengers should you crash into a tree; it is not "meant" to do that.

 

A car isn't meant to crash into a tree. A car isn't built to crash into a tree. Essentially the same thing.

[yungmack]

 

A car isn't meant to crash into a tree. A car isn't built to crash into a tree. Essentially the same thing.

Are you simply obtuse? Modern autos are most certainly built to be protective in the event of a crash while they are most certainly not meant to be intentionally crashed. Ach, the damage done by Derrida.

[26CornerBlitz]

Are you simply obtuse? Modern autos are most certainly built to be protective in the event of a crash while they are most certainly not meant to be intentionally crashed. Ach, the damage done by Derrida.

 

No, I just disagree with your playing semantics. Humans aren't built or meant to withstand the forces of playing football without injury. In the actual discussion of what Whaley said we aren't talking about cars, we're instead talking about humans and no matter which word between the two is utilized, it would mean the same thing.

[26CornerBlitz]

I wonder if human football players from Clemson are built or meant to play NFL football.

 

@RapSheet

#Titans DE Kevin Dodd learned in rookie camp he had a stress fracture in his 5th metatarsal. Screw inserted. TEN plans on him back by camp

[3rdand12]

 

A car isn't meant to crash into a tree. A car isn't built to crash into a tree. Essentially the same thing.

actually cars are built to run into trees. whether said tree was jaywalking is another story. But yes cars are built to withstand human idiocy. Humans are not.

 

[BADOLBILZ]

 

I wonder if human football players from Clemson are built or meant to play NFL football.

 

@RapSheet

#Titans DE Kevin Dodd learned in rookie camp he had a stress fracture in his 5th metatarsal. Screw inserted. TEN plans on him back by camp

 

 

 

Nuts and bolts! Nuts and bolts!

[3rdand12]

Uh-oh. He's screwed.

someone had to , right ? !

[BADOLBILZ]

Uh-oh. He's screwed.

 

 

When you draft a Clemson player he should come with a bag of replacement parts.