04-30-2017, 09:07 AM
(04-30-2017, 07:56 AM)xxlt Wrote: Yes 'toast, lots of people make mistakes in their youth. But I will suggest the NFL is different. Point me to a bank, a law firm, a stock brokerage, or a medical practice where their reputation at the local level and beyond is as a haven for thugs (or white collar criminals) and I may stand corrected. The entire NFL is seen that way and the Bengals in particular are viewed as the epitome of a franchise where character is irrelevant if you are athletic.
I agree that the perception of the NFL as compared to other professions is flawed and does not reflect reality. I can't do anything about that.
(04-30-2017, 07:56 AM)xxlt Wrote: To say that working 60 hours a week (which by the way, far more people at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum do than at the higher end) is the same as being paid to do what has been called like "being in 60 car crashes in an afternoon" (playing football) is not accurate.
Over work will kill you young just like playing in the NFL. Over working is a health care problem in Japan.
(04-30-2017, 07:56 AM)xxlt Wrote: The poor, as already noted, still often work under conditions that kill them or destroy their health, including having to work 2 and 3 jobs for 60-80 hours a week to make ends meet. No those people aren't drug addicts, and they aren't living above their means. They are the millions of working poor who live a subsistence existence. I honestly thought you knew better.
Don'tknow what this has to do with the NFL.
(04-30-2017, 07:56 AM)xxlt Wrote: Ever heard of a guy named Chris Kluwe? But you're right, the NFL never removes people who say things the league doesn't want to hear. And who are the biggest proponents of the NFLPA? The owners right? Yeah, sure they are!
Yes I have heard if Klew. But again you are making a big deal about something that happens with every company in the world. You speak bad about your employer then you can get fired. If Klew was a better player he may bve able to say things without getting canned, but he isn't. and that is exactly how it works with every slave owner, er. I mean "employer" anywhere.
