As I was browsing around for articles on tonights Bengals/Ravens game I ran across this article and this quote.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
"I mean, this isn't a soft sport. We don't play chess. This isn't swimming. This isn't one of those kind of sports. It's football. It takes a man to play this game, and to play this game you have to have passion.''
I had to laugh.
I used to get that macho crap from the football players at my high school, who, by the way, won 4 games in the 4 years I was there! I finally goaded one into giving me a hard shot in the abs, then considered the ultimate sign of being in shape. Although it hurt like h---, I didn't collapse and the BS stopped and a little respect was grudgingly given.
The other side is the lifelong effects of football on the body. It is being highlighted since Tiki Barber announced he is retiring at the end of the year. One of the major reasons he is giving is he wants his body whole for the rest of his life. There was a great article in the back of an SI I was reading this morning while my car was being inspected (it's the one with Ray Lewis on the cover). Discusses many hall of famers whose bodies are useless for pretty much any kind of decent life, never mind simple exercise, including "real men" like *** Butkus. Be a "man" now, be in a wheelchair way before your time.
I used to get that macho crap from the football players at my high school, who, by the way, won 4 games in the 4 years I was there! I finally goaded one into giving me a hard shot in the abs, then considered the ultimate sign of being in shape. Although it hurt like h---, I didn't collapse and the BS stopped and a little respect was grudgingly given.
The other side is the lifelong effects of football on the body. It is being highlighted since Tiki Barber announced he is retiring at the end of the year. One of the major reasons he is giving is he wants his body whole for the rest of his life. There was a great article in the back of an SI I was reading this morning while my car was being inspected (it's the one with Ray Lewis on the cover). Discusses many hall of famers whose bodies are useless for pretty much any kind of decent life, never mind simple exercise, including "real men" like *** Butkus. Be a "man" now, be in a wheelchair way before your time.
