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Capitus Von Doom posted:I have recently been watching old NFL videos(around 90's and early 2000's era) and I noticed that the fields don't use the same turf that they use today. I also noticed that they aren't wearing cleats. Does anyone know what those old fields were made of? Bits of brain matter and discarded tendons.
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Capitus Von Doom posted:I have recently been watching old NFL videos(around 90's and early 2000's era) and I noticed that the fields don't use the same turf that they use today. I also noticed that they aren't wearing cleats. Does anyone know what those old fields were made of? astroturf probably
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Favorite Moss TDs were the punt return and the screen vs the Titans where he ran right between three guys How often did Moss return punts? And I don't he think he burned the Eagles 
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Azhais posted:astroturf probably Yeah old school astroturf was kind of a carpet of green stuff over (insufficient) padding. It was more like a basketball court than grass, so guys wore sneakers while playing on it. Artificial playing surfaces now are...at least closer to natural as far as running on them goes. They have their own problems of course (rubber pellets getting into your eyes seems really annoying), but overall I'd guess it's an improvement. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Feb 14, 2017 05:53
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Grittybeard posted:Artificial playing surfaces now are...at least closer to natural as far as running on them goes. They have their own problems of course (rubber pellets getting into your eyes seems really annoying), but overall I'd guess it's an improvement. I remember back in college playing lacrosse on a turf field and a week later digging out one of these black pellets from an ear fold in the shower. I hated playing on turf.
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When I played American football in England, we weren't exactly high up the totem pole in terms of access to training facilities. So we had one of our weekly sessions on a hockey astroturf. One of the old sand based ones. Sand got everywhere, and it's a miracle I have any skin left on my elbows.
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Chromatic posted:*car crash noises* Mother fucker
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Capitus Von Doom posted:I have recently been watching old NFL videos(around 90's and early 2000's era) and I noticed that the fields don't use the same turf that they use today. I also noticed that they aren't wearing cleats. Does anyone know what those old fields were made of? Good old astroturf
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astroturf was basically thin carpet on top of concrete.
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I always hated finding those damned rubber pellets everywhere after games. Still better than astrotruf.
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Yeah, apparently half the players scheduled to go have cancelled so far.
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:I'm pretty skeptical Martellus Bennett is going to be a Patriot next season. He's going to be 30 this year, he's got his ring, time to cash in. Me too, but on the other hand, he LOVES New England. His Twitter is full of posts about how he loves the people up here and being part of the team. If the Pats will pay him, I expect him to go at least one more season and funnel the cash into his kids book company.
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My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports.
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Turdsdown Tom posted:Me too, but on the other hand, he LOVES New England. His Twitter is full of posts about how he loves the people up here and being part of the team. If the Pats will pay him, I expect him to go at least one more season and funnel the cash into his kids book company. Hate to break it to ya man but that's what most players are like on SM. He was praising the Giants and NY for his year here and then he went to Chicago and instantly switched to Chi-town praise. The guy isn't dumb, he isn't going to say meh about his current team/town
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Oh of course, I realize it's PR, I just think he does actually like it enough to take Kraft's money for one more year, especially considering his endgoal is to become a full time kids book author or whatever the gently caress he actually does at that company Again, this only matters if the Pats are willing to pay him, and it isn't exactly rare for Kraft to play some serious hardball with good players when it comes to contracts. I don't think they'll offer him what he's looking for if he ends up looking for that extra cash.
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GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. Nah. People, including athletes, should express their beliefs so I can judge them easier.
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GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. Yeah but you're a huge loving idiot so
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Febreeze posted:Hate to break it to ya man but that's what most players are like on SM. He was praising the Giants and NY for his year here and then he went to Chicago and instantly switched to Chi-town praise. The guy isn't dumb, he isn't going to say meh about his current team/town Bennett seems to genuinely have less friction with management at NE than he did anywhere else. I don't think that buys the Patriots much, if any, discount - just that he actually did fit in well.
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GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. Why should athletes be different than any other profession? edit: actually, this stance is even dumber than I originally thought. Consider the role athletes played in things like the civil rights movement. Ehud fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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I hate it when people express their rights to discuss the direction this country, and the world, is headed, too.
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evilweasel posted:Bennett seems to genuinely have less friction with management at NE than he did anywhere else. I don't think that buys the Patriots much, if any, discount - just that he actually did fit in well. Bennett is happy when he wins - which is why he had no friction in NE. Once his team loses, the finger pointing starts. Ehud posted:Why should athletes be different than any other profession? I'm happy to hear the thoughts of athletes on matters that impact their profession (e.g. that bill the NFLPA is fighting over with the Bears owners) but other than that I'm not more interested in their opinions than I am in the opinion of some waitress.
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when will we get our first antifathlete 
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Some waitress has just as valid an opinion you dingbat. Do you not loving understand democracy it's literally our civic loving duty to discuss this poo poo
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GaussianCopula posted:
What about athletes who were involved in the civil rights movement in very public ways?
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GaussianCopula posted:I'm happy to hear the thoughts of athletes on matters that impact their profession (e.g. that bill the NFLPA is fighting over with the Bears owners) but other than that I'm not more interested in their opinions than I am in the opinion of some waitress. I agree. I'm especially uninterested in what European skinheads think about American politics
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You realize we elect people to then make decisions about things they have literally zero experience in?
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no politics for me - man who might as well be an extra from idiocracy
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swickles posted:You realize we elect people to then make decisions about things they have literally zero experience in? GC is a nazi so maybe he doesn't even know what democracy is.
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swickles posted:You realize we elect people to then make decisions about things they have literally zero experience in? we have to get tough on the cyber
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GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. And also vice versa
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GaussianCopula posted:I'm happy to hear the thoughts of athletes on matters that impact their profession (e.g. that bill the NFLPA is fighting over with the Bears owners) but other than that I'm not more interested in their opinions than I am in the opinion of some waitress. Who is allowed to have an opinion on politics in your world?
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Turdsdown Tom posted:Me too, but on the other hand, he LOVES New England. His Twitter is full of posts about how he loves the people up here and being part of the team. If the Pats will pay him, I expect him to go at least one more season and funnel the cash into his kids book company. What have you seen to lead you to believe this will happen Aside from Brady and Gronk I'm trying to think of who the Patriots paid their real value for any amount of time (Revis doesn't count, that was a rental, and hell Brady isn't making as much as he should really) GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. "Stick to sports" I tell the athlete as I prepare my own political diatribe
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Intruder posted:"Stick to sports" I tell the athlete as I prepare my own political diatribe Stay in your lane Intruder.
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IN GENERAL I don't personally care what athletes think about anything. Most of them are idiots about anything important in the world (like most people in general.) That doesn't mean the athletes who aren't morons should be shouted down for trying to use their fame and fortune for good causes, though. Just because MOST of their opinions on important issues are dumb white noise doesn't mean the world would be better off if they ALL shut up. I dunno, I tried to have a hot take there and it came out boring. 
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whypick1 posted:Stay in your lane Intruder. Getting cut off makes me insane
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sean10mm posted:IN GENERAL I don't personally care what athletes think about anything. Most of them are idiots about anything important in the world (like most people in general.) The general principle seems to be "If (celebrity/athlete) says something I don't like he or she should stick to being a celebrity or athlete" That's why conservatives love Ted Nugent/Curt Schilling but think Alec Baldwin/Martellus Bennett should shut up and vice versa
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waitresses...teh
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go go go go ROSCOE! posted:waitresses...teh loving uppity peasants. Know your place drat it!
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Muhammad Ali spins slowly in his grave while vibrating rapidly from side to side, doing his best impression of a Rabbit.GaussianCopula posted:My general principle: Athletes should stay out of politics and politicians should stay out of sports. You are speaking up for Israel? 
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