[ArrogantBustard]

I think we're on the same page regarding what "hurt" means ... the interesting thing, to me, is that after a modern pro football game played on artificial turf the players don't really show any evidence of the game. Sweat ... but no mud, not bruises, no scrapes ... and they've been really hammering each other. The modern pads and helmets really do change the game.

Oddly enough, I recall getting 'racked' more often from baseball than football. Took me a long time to really figure out how to field a grounder ...

[wolfman23601]

We never got into baseball. There was a stretch of basketball, which I wasn’t a big fan of being short and not particularly fast, and another stretch of street hockey, but mostly football. Sad thing is I now live in the same town and never see the kids of today out doing any of that.