Posted on 03/25/2014 4:55:23 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban elaborated on his controversial opinion that the NFL "is 10 years away from an implosion" in a 1,585-word Facebook post published Monday night, upping the ante to include player safety and behavioral issues as additional threats to pro football's future.
Cuban's comments about the NFL on Sunday night focused on what he perceives as "greed" by the country's most popular sports league.
He contended that the oversaturation of the NFL's expanding television package would eventually turn off fans. That subject was the third of five points in Cuban's Facebook post to explain his prediction for a drastic decline in the popularity of the NFL.
Cuban's first point was that the decline of popularity of football at the youth level due to safety issues could have a trickle-up effect. Concussions, in particular, are a hot-button issue for the NFL office.
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Knowing several ex-players I can say without a doubt you know nothing of what you speak.
That's where the remote comes in: I use the time to catch up on programs I've DVR'ed.
There are now only two teams that I care about watching, but refuse to watch in October when they don their gay pink apparel to "raise awareness" to breast cancer.
Add to that the moronic sideline reporterettes, idiotic renditions of the National Anthem, thug tattoos, dreadlocks, prancing around after making routine plays like they just saved the village from a rogue elephant, pre-game/halftime/postgame shows where everything is just sooooooo funny(to them) and then top it off with chattering nitwits in the booth and what is not to dislike?
And Godawfuldell wants more nights on TV and a team or two in England/Europe?
NFL is fast becoming as unwatchable as the NBA. A total classless act.
And just like the NBA when Dr. J, Larry, Kevin, Michael, Magic and Kurt all retired, when my favorite NFL players retire, I shall retire from viewing.
I don’t need to hear the opinion of a commie like Mark Cuban.
Ridiculous lack of HGH testing and the risk of brain injury through the course of a football career into the pros are its biggest problems, in my opinion. But what makes it unwatchable, at least to me, is a league full of players that apparently don’t see anything wrong with fruity gyrating celebration dances that commemorate such awesome feats as a 300lb+ behemoths falling on a loose ball, or tipping a pass.
Freegards
Knowing several ex-players I can say without a doubt YOU know nothing of what YOU speak.
Hey Doctor...there is no head injury issue? That’s your statement? Did you play football? I did. 4 years HS, 2 years in College. Had to hang it up after my 2nd knee surgery. I was a fullback and linebacker. I lost count of how many concussions I suffered. One I particular had me seeing double for a day. I stayed in that game too.
My body is paying a huge price now at age 43 for those measly 7 years of playing and I didn’t come close to even sniffing the NFL. I have 3 sons and will not steer them toward football. Haven’t decided if I’ll forbid it yet.
I’m not advocating banning football as it is self-inflicted trauma. We volunteered to play. But to say there’s no head injury issue is just ignorant on your part.
The tone of your 2nd post was not nearly as insulting as your first, so I will reply civilly.
When I say there is “no issue,” I am not saying people do not hurt their heads playing football.
I AM saying (and Rush agrees 100% for what that is worth):
1. There is NOTHING new about these injuriesl.
2. They are probably not as bad as they were in, say 1940, or 1928, or 1961.
3. The injuries have been discovered by a liberal media out to destroy football for reasons already noted.
4. There are a LOT of welfare begging former players who see a grand opportunity to score more welfare dollars from the rich white man.
5. The courts have NO place in this discussion.
I only posted once to you. Someone else laughed at your post not me. But you’re still ignorant on some basic football issues. The collisions that occur now in football vastly exceed those in the past. The height, weight, and speed of the players has increased dramatically. It was very rare for players to exceed 300 pounds during the years you listed. Now, every team has offensive lines averaging way over 300. Running backs routinely weigh over 220 pounds.
I’m not saying football wasn’t violent back then. It was. But the pure physics have changed. Again, I’m not for banning it. But I think a billion dollar plus league can pay medical care for its gladiators as they age. We’re not talking about a ton of people.
Do you really believe I’m “ignorant” about these things. YOU are ignorant about my knowledge base. Yes, players are bigger, but they don’t play with leather “helmets” anymore, and there are LOTS more rules to protect them. I know all about 300 pounders—Dierdorf was the first in the league I believe.
As for banning/welfare payments, etc. Yes, the league could pay but there is no reason they should. NONE. Everybody knows the risks; when I played the coach frequently said that every single play is potentially fatal, or at the very least, potentially catastrophically injurious.
Lastly, you cannot be serious about there not being “a ton of people.” No matter how many or how few people there are, the courts and the juries have it in their hands to DEVASTATE, DESTROY, and END FOOTBALL with a single decision. Unlikely? I presume that because you are on FR, you know all about crazy, insane, mad, demented, sick, perverse, outrageous, mind-boggling courts and juries handing out ungodly, crippling sums for no good reason whatsoever.
This head injury thing is a tool of liberals to destroy football. Period.
Well if Mr. Cuban had designs on owning an NFL team I’d say they’re pretty much gone.
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