CTE confirmed for the first time in live person

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CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

Don't want a game where you only need to watch the last 12 minutes.

What sport is like this?

Or what sport isn't like this I guess?

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3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:

Don't want a game where you only need to watch the last 12 minutes.

I know this is new territory for you but most teams in most sports don't end the game in the first few plays like the Pats do

e: Also it's about the process, man. To me, seeing a sick alley oop off a block in a blow out is just as cool as seeing AB do something cool in a meaningless half of a game

# ? Nov 17, 2017 20:48

weird Asian candy: Aug 23, 2005; Ask me about how my football team's success determines my self worth, and how I wish I lived in New Orleans.

Basketball is on the rise too. This past offseason was amazing :allears:

# ? Nov 17, 2017 20:51

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

The NBA sucks but college BB is okay, but either way it's okay because I will be dead before football is dead, one way or another.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 21:06

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

General Dog posted:

The NBA sucks but college BB is okay, but either way it's okay because I will be dead before football is dead, one way or another.

This is the most you post ever,

# ? Nov 17, 2017 21:10

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

CharlestheHammer posted:

This is the most you post ever,

I like college basketball.

I don't like that most college basketball fans are like General Dog.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 21:15

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Have they cut down on teams down by twenty points fouling every second to drag the last two minutes out to twenty minutes yet?

# ? Nov 17, 2017 21:57

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

got any sevens posted:

Have they cut down on teams down by twenty points fouling every second to drag the last two minutes out to twenty minutes yet?

Yes

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:03

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

got any sevens posted:

Have they cut down on teams down by twenty points fouling every second to drag the last two minutes out to twenty minutes yet?

Yup! Changes to fouls and timeouts starting this season and it has been magical

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:08

Kawalimus: Jan 17, 2008; Better Living Through Birding And Pessimism

I don't see a way they can get rid of tackling and keep a good level of play. So much of what makes a good player is the ability to tackle and evade tackles. If its just tag or flag you lose that completely. Not to mention the complication of line play.

Football is on its way out. Just remember the good times if there were any for your team.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:08

weird Asian candy: Aug 23, 2005; Ask me about how my football team's success determines my self worth, and how I wish I lived in New Orleans.

Kawalimus posted:

I don't see a way they can get rid of tackling and keep a good level of play. So much of what makes a good player is the ability to tackle and evade tackles. If its just tag or flag you lose that completely. Not to mention the complication of line play.

Football is on its way out. Just remember the good times if there were any for your team.

NFFL 2047

National Flag Football League

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:10

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

Kawalimus posted:

I don't see a way they can get rid of tackling and keep a good level of play. So much of what makes a good player is the ability to tackle and evade tackles. If its just tag or flag you lose that completely. Not to mention the complication of line play.

Football is on its way out. Just remember the good times if there were any for your team.

There needs to be a strong, good faith effort to teach the next generation to tackle properly. There are way too many hosed up tackles that make this way worse than it should be.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:16

weird Asian candy: Aug 23, 2005; Ask me about how my football team's success determines my self worth, and how I wish I lived in New Orleans.

3 DONG HORSE posted:

There needs to be a strong, good faith effort to teach the next generation to tackle properly. There are way too many hosed up tackles that make this way worse than it should be.

I coached in pop warner in AZ and I can tell you that inspite of every coach having to go through the heads up training program, not nearly enough are actually teaching it.

Also, refs aren't really enforcing it either. My son's team was playing another team who took out 3 of our kids with helmet to helmet hits, no flags no nothing. I was getting pissed. Then my son got nailed in the helmet, I rush onto the field to check on him and ask the ref if he was ever planning on throwing a flag or correcting this behavior by the other team that was obviously leading with their helmets (the other coaches and parents would cheer every time). The refs response? I quote "how else do you expect him to tackle?". All I remember is being escorted off the field by the other coaches, apparently I went after the ref and the other coaches had to physically take me off the field. I have never been black out pissed before, but I was furious.

Anyway, my kid had a concussion and that was the last snap he played. To your point though, yes, it absolutely needs to be taught much much better than it currently is.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 22:23

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

3 DONG HORSE posted:

Yup! Changes to fouls and timeouts starting this season and it has been magical

Nba is real good right now and if you still picture the NBA as the 90s early 2000, you would do well to catch a game on TNT some Thursday night.

It also has the top off season and twitter.

# ? Nov 17, 2017 23:17

Qwijib0: Apr 10, 2007; Who needs on-field skills when you can dance like this?; Fun Shoe

NBA has a parity problem because 2 superstars on a team give them an unbelievable edge. With the recent growth of the salary cap, rings are more valuable than that extra couple million, so you get players willing to take a haircut from league max to team up with each other.

Also I'm bitter because my team is garbage.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 00:03

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Qwijib0 posted:

NBA has a parity problem because 2 superstars on a team give them an unbelievable edge. With the recent growth of the salary cap, rings are more valuable than that extra couple million, so you get players willing to take a haircut from league max to team up with each other.

Also I'm bitter because my team is garbage.

Nah, the Warriors are more incosistent and the Cavs are below .500 this year

Seriously, if nothing else, you need to be watching the NBA just for Joel Embiid

EDIT: The Cavs are back above .500, but more resemble the mediocre pre-Miami Cavs LeBron teams, that the power houses of the last year or 2

# ? Nov 18, 2017 00:10

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

The only thing I wish is the NBA would cut out some of the regular season, because it's just too long and inconsequential.

NBA playoffs are pretty cool though.

I'd also say stuff about parity and you could make some changes around that but, Patriots fan, so uh, glass houses and all that.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 00:33

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
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Qwijib0 posted:

NBA has a parity problem because 2 superstars on a team give them an unbelievable edge. With the recent growth of the salary cap, rings are more valuable than that extra couple million, so you get players willing to take a haircut from league max to team up with each other.

Also I'm bitter because my team is garbage.

At least you have a team

# ? Nov 18, 2017 00:34

Qwijib0: Apr 10, 2007; Who needs on-field skills when you can dance like this?; Fun Shoe

seiferguy posted:

At least you have a team

That whole ordeal was lame as gently caress :/

# ? Nov 18, 2017 00:40

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

Qwijib0 posted:

NBA has a parity problem because 2 superstars on a team give them an unbelievable edge. With the recent growth of the salary cap, rings are more valuable than that extra couple million, so you get players willing to take a haircut from league max to team up with each other.

Also I'm bitter because my team is garbage.

this isn't as much of a problem as you'd think if you only watched the finals every year. the Thunder took the Warriors to 7 in 2015 and the Spurs were gonna seriously challenge them if Kawhi didn't get hurt last year. both the Cavs and the Warriors needed a decent amount of luck to get to the finals two out of the three years

# ? Nov 18, 2017 01:16

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

iospace posted:

Soccer to me feels like baseball. It's fun if you're invested in a team, and if you're not, it can be boring to watch on TV.

this is true of absolutely every sport though

# ? Nov 18, 2017 01:45

Barudak: May 7, 2007

Im prepping myself for Basketball and if necessary buying an island and forcing the worlds most dangerous martial artists to fight each other to the death if football goes away.

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sponges: Sep 15, 2011

Barudak posted:

Im prepping myself for Basketball and if necessary buying an island and forcing the worlds most dangerous martial artists to fight each other to the death if football goes away.

It ain't going away any time soon.

That said, I wouldn't mind so much if other American sports weren't so monumentally awful. Basketball is far too geared towards star player who can get away with murder on the court, baseball has way WAY too many games and is just general bore to actually watch.

Once football ends I guess I'll be one of those sport hating dudes.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 02:56

Barudak: May 7, 2007

sponges posted:

It ain't going away any time soon.

That said, I wouldn't mind so much if other American sports weren't so monumentally awful. Basketball is far too geared towards star player who can get away with murder on the court, baseball has way WAY too many games and is just general bore to actually watch.

Once football ends I guess I'll be one of those sport hating dudes.

Time to get into the unwatchable mess that is Overwatch then, my friend.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 03:08

sponges: Sep 15, 2011

Barudak posted:

Time to get into the unwatchable mess that is Overwatch then, my friend.

I'm quite bad at that game being stuck in the Silver tier

# ? Nov 18, 2017 03:41

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Barudak posted:

Time to get into the unwatchable mess that is Overwatch then, my friend.

The disney channel actually shows people playing that, but like you said it's unwatchable. I did see an ad for Shaq-hosted rocket league on TBS, maybe thats better

# ? Nov 18, 2017 03:46

sponges: Sep 15, 2011

Looking forward to the death of football so I can get on Twitter to complain about the medias attention to "sports ball"

I want to be a sport hating nerd linger and if football ends this is my fate.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 03:55

Barudak: May 7, 2007

got any sevens posted:

The disney channel actually shows people playing that, but like you said it's unwatchable. I did see an ad for Shaq-hosted rocket league on TBS, maybe thats better

Blizzard launched new camera angles for their league and its still bad because of course it is.

Rocket League at least has a ball to focus its action around.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 03:57

incompetent: Jun 4, 2013

get the retarded people to play football because they have nothing to lose

# ? Nov 18, 2017 04:01

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Kalli posted:

The only thing I wish is the NBA would cut out some of the regular season, because it's just too long and inconsequential.

NBA playoffs are pretty cool though.

I'd also say stuff about parity and you could make some changes around that but, Patriots fan, so uh, glass houses and all that.

The only way to fix the regular season is to contract the playoffs to 8 teams.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 04:07

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

Barudak posted:

Time to get into the super watchable awesomeness that is Dota 2 then, my friend.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 05:40

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

What is Sharia Law's policy on football?

# ? Nov 18, 2017 06:44

a neat cape: Feb 22, 2007; Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!

Hockey

# ? Nov 18, 2017 06:57

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

Man Sharia Law's got loving weird.

# ? Nov 18, 2017 06:59

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

General Dog posted:

What is Sharia Law's policy on football?

When you win a coin flip, always pick east

# ? Nov 18, 2017 07:45

beejay: Apr 7, 2002

This subforum can't even seriously talk about a major problem in the sport it's dedicated to without getting nonsensically derailed. I don't know if it's denial or just the bleak realization that nothing can be done and the sport will keep mass-producing brain damaged people until it goes away. Either way, :smith:

# ? Nov 18, 2017 21:48

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

beejay posted:

This subforum can't even seriously talk about a major problem in the sport it's dedicated to without getting nonsensically derailed. I don't know if it's denial or just the bleak realization that nothing can be done and the sport will keep mass-producing brain damaged people until it goes away. Either way,

OP please create a poll

code:

Should football-

[] Keep mass producing brain damaged people
[] Go away
[] Goku

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GonadTheBallbarian: Jul 23, 2007

I vote goku

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Nervous: Jan 25, 2005; Why, hello, my little slice of pecan pie.

GonadTheBallbarian posted:

I vote goku

Remember that Steeler's TD celebration? Football is better with Kamehamehas.

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fartknocker: Oct 28, 2012; Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.; Wedge Regret

Just bring back old ESPN2 and we�ll survive. I want curling and guys pulling big rigs with their teeth and whatnot.

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