{"id":10517,"date":"2020-10-11T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/?p=10517"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T20:42:05","slug":"am-i-too-old-for-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/am-i-too-old-for-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Too Old For The NFL?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve loved football and the NFL as long as I can remember.<\/h2>\n

My mom bought my younger brother and I jackets from the goodwill when I was about 5 and he was 3. Since that day, I\u2019ve been a Cowboys fan, and my brother an Eagles fan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: NFL Standings and Records | Hot Babes | NFL Players By College<\/strong><\/p>\n

I played football in high school, I went to numerous Nebraska Cornhusker games before I hit puberty. My favorite teams in college and NFL won 3 titles in the 90s when I was at my sports adoring prime. Huskers 3 National Championships, Cowboys 3 Super Bowls.<\/p>\n

I love the game. I love watching football. Not just my team, but all the games. I still dedicate my Sundays to my favorite sport.<\/p>\n

But something, somewhere, somehow changed\u2026<\/p>\n

It stopped being about the team.<\/h2>\n

Not sure when, but somewhere between the \u201cNo Name Defense\u201d and people rooting for other players to score touchdowns on their favorite teams so they could collect their fantasy points, it stopped being about the team. Somewhere between \u201cI\u2019ll do whatever I can to help the team win.\u201d and players calling each other out in front of the media before they bring it up to each other\u2019s faces, it stopped being about the team.<\/p>\n

Not everything should be breaking news.<\/h2>\n

Why should I give a shit about anyone\u2019s ongoing custody battle or sore little finger? Especially someone I don\u2019t know…and why should I care about it again in an hour when the same story comes around again? Every hour. On the hour. ESPN may be the biggest reason why I\u2019m starting to hate football.<\/p>\n

The analysts act like they\u2019re celebrities now.\u00a0They analyze a game that’s played by other people.\u00a0<\/b>They have no accountability for what they say. It\u2019s a here today, gone tomorrow attitude of say whatever I want now, because no one will remember if I\u2019m wrong. If I\u2019m right, I\u2019ll be sure to remind you though. Every hour. On the hour.<\/p>\n

The personalities are out of control. Cases in point: Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless. Why do these douchebags still have jobs?<\/p>\n

There is a great clip about Daniel Tosh\u2019s feelings on ESPN and I couldn\u2019t say it better myself. So I won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all about the Benjamins. No, not Kelvin Benjamin or Big Ben Roethlisberger\u2026<\/h2>\n

The NFL has become increasingly more and more about business. Maybe I didn\u2019t pay attention to it when I was younger. I think I might remember an interview or two when you\u2019d hear a player say, \u201cI understand, it\u2019s a business too\u2026.\u201d, but it seems like that is almost daily now. Like a publicly traded company, the NFL has to increase its profits every quarter or its investors get restless. So you gotta squeeze every last dollar you can.<\/p>\n

Billion dollar stadiums have become the norm after JerryWorld. The Raiders and the Rams\/Chargers just to name 2 are in the works right now.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, the Vikings mega-stadium. Ziggy Wilf was convicted of fraud and settled for 84 million dollars. He then got the city of Minneapolis to pitch in $498 million of the total $1.024 billion price tag for the construction. Doesn\u2019t matter if you even watch football or not\u2026pay up. Then, when it\u2019s done, inevitably you will pay quite a bit more for your tickets to see the game.<\/p>\n

The NFL will has hired the highest power attorneys to avoid, or make, a deal on concussions. From all accounts, it\u2019s a big Fuck You to the players. The players who make the game what it is and ended up with dementia and trauma and brain damage. The players that have pleaded to have concussions analyzed and studied. The players who shot themselves in the chest when they committed suicide so that the doctors could analyze their rotten brains. They will get some money.<\/p>\n

But the players are afraid of the NFL\u2019s high powered lawyers and are settling for way less than they deserve. The players that come after the settlement will get nothing to my understanding. Yet, with research out there that there is better equipment available to deal with concussions, possibly cutting them by half, the NFL doesn\u2019t invest in these products. Why? They don\u2019t want any lawsuits if the equipment doesn\u2019t work. They already have a standard helmet and the settlement will protect that.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been PUSSIFYING the game for years.<\/h2>\n

Remember when every football player was tough and treated as such? I barely do. It\u2019s almost to the point of two hand touch on quarterbacks. No hitting the head, neck, knees, calves, or ankles. Don\u2019t \u201cdrive\u201d the opponent to the ground. Don\u2019t get pushed into someone on accident. Don\u2019t lead with your head.<\/p>\n

There have been multiple players with the mindset that \u201cWe know what we signed up for.\u201d NFL players today make a MINIMUM of $420,000 to be on a 53 man roster as a rookie. Many of these players would not be able to do many other jobs in society. They get paid an exorbitant amount of money to catch a ball, tackle another man, out-muscle another guy, out-run another guy, knock someone down. Is it really that big of a surprise when injuries happen?<\/p>\n

Take the biggest, strongest person you\u2019ve ever seen. Now put him on a field with 105 other guys just as big and strong and fast. Make them fight each other and run at full<\/a> speed and try and knock each other down. They know what they signed up for. That\u2019s what the money is for. Stop making everything a penalty, taking the aggressiveness out of a game that is meant to be aggressive.<\/p>\n

Kickoffs? Too many injuries. Let\u2019s move the kickoff up so that the chance of a return is very slim. Not enough offense? Let\u2019s make any contact by a defensive player a penalty. Play didn\u2019t go your way? Excitedly ask the ref to throw a flag or try flopping. Maybe the NFL and NBA should merge\u2026<\/p>\n

Stop screwing with the game. Do you really need to make or change 5 new rules every year?<\/p>\n

Analysts SCHMANALYSTS.<\/h2>\n

Even the in-game analysis has gotten ridiculous. If I wanted to know where the opposing nose guard went on his first date I would actually meet him and have a human interaction. There\u2019s already a scroll on the bottom of the screen\u2026do I really need Bob Costas to stoop as low as telling me how many fantasy points Peyton had this week?<\/p>\n

How about a childish graphic showing two hamburgers and which has more toppings because both quarterbacks in the game have last names that end with -berger. How about a glimpse into the \u00a0in-booth tomfoolery between people who are supposed to be telling me what is happening during the game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s got a lot to do with the media, but it seems to be getting chipped away from all sides. Interviews are about the most boring thing ever due to media training. No matter what the question is, the answer is most likely, \u201cIt was a team effort, gotta give credit to (opposing team), they played a great game and we came out on top. We\u2019ll just take it one game at a time, and worry about that when it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dumb and Dumber.<\/h2>\n

I want football to be dumb. That\u2019s what it is. It\u2019s what I do when I want to do nothing and feel like staring at the ceiling might seem too crazy if a neighbor saw me through the window. It\u2019s what\u2019s on when I want to get drunk on a Sunday. It\u2019s something I can put on as background noise.<\/p>\n

Not everything has to be life and death. I want it dumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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