02-23-2017, 02:31 AM
(02-22-2017, 11:20 PM)JumboTron Wrote: Eh, I have actually heard quite the contrary. The father of one of my buddies in high school played for the Bengals in the 80's and he said Mike Brown kept in contact with both him and a good number of his teammates on a fairly regular basis. Asked how their families were doing, how their career was going etc.
Man he had some good stories about Paul Brown though. Especially centering around his distaste for corporate entities commercializing the game too much and excessive logos and merchandise. It was the main reason why Riverfront didn't have Bengals logos anywhere on the field (mid-field, end-zone) until after he had passed.
I was referring specifically to honoring former players publicly. It's just not something Mikey is "keen" on.
The line about Mike "forgetting" was a shot at what Mike said recently about ring of honors being "pointless because fans can't remember the players".
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
