Posted on 01/15/2003 7:14:05 AM PST by dawn53
No, that would be one of your many leaps of logic.
How do the fans cheering a hard hit know for certain whether the player was injured by it?
They don't, and they don't have to.
Should the fans not hold their applause until the player gets up and assures them he's OK?
No, they needn't hold their applause
But then again, the league encourages the fans to enjoy the really big hits, so go figure.
Nothing to "go figure" really, it is an accepted part of the game.
I guess that's the same thing as wanting them injured,...
No it's not.
... which as you say is the same thing as wanting their careers to be over.
I said no such thing. (You do argue well with yourself, though.)
None of the above justifies cheering an obviously injured player, as Michael Irvin clearly was. That was, and remains, my only point.
You feel the need, for some reason, to make a distinction between cheering an injury to a player ("shameful") and cheering a career-ending injury to a player (something you seem certain that Eagle fans wouldn't really do if they only knew that the injury was indeed career-ending). If this distinction is important to you, by all means, run with it.
Then you had no reason to disagree with me in the first place.
None of the above justifies cheering an obviously injured player, as Michael Irvin clearly was. That was, and remains, my only point.
Only point, exactly. But then, I said that before you did.
Actually I disagree with you more now, since you insist on equating apples with oranges.
Only point, exactly. But then, I said that before you did.
Yes, you did say it first. Kudos to you.
It was what you said afterward that I took mild exception to... and still do.
My experience in seeing the Flyers live has been quite safe and pleasant. I haven't seen the Eagles live, but for every horror story I've heard, I've had someone tell me that it's not as bad as the media claims. I don't doubt that it's worse than most other stadiums, though.
Earth, the planet where the Bucs can't win the big game. ;^)"
Okay, bro. We'll see. Come Monday, one of us will be eatin' a whole bunch of crow, and it won't be me (God, I hope not!).
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Well? How 'bout them Bucs now, doc? ;^)
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Ruh Roh!!!
Congratulations to them. I hope they win it all. They played adequately, which was more than enough to beat the Iggles yesterday. Last year, the Eagles left it all on the field and had nothing to be ashamed of. This year, they thought they could mail it in, and not show up.
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