tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post1141450472259156099..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: A Hard BlowCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-68102415257787558792012-04-24T18:31:31.196-04:002012-04-24T18:31:31.196-04:00the possibility of big money is why it exists. an...the possibility of big money is why it exists. and teh big money already invested. even college stadiums cost a bundle.<br /><br />i'm ahead of my time, since i never could understand football -- the only point for me is the marching bands, which don't even exist in the pros.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-69082731833681832052012-04-24T15:44:19.145-04:002012-04-24T15:44:19.145-04:00There are players who crave the contact that footb...There are players who crave the contact that football allows. But of course the same contact was felt the other night in the NBA when the Oklahoma City Thunder had a player decked by the malicious elbow of "Metta World Peace," a.k.a. Ron Artest. Sheer lunacy . . . he should be banned from the NBA if he can't control his emotions and needs to deck another player while beating his chest. I am disturbed by the grandstanding and testosterone-fueled physical rants that have become "de rigueur" for players in the NBA and NFL. Disgusting and disturbing. Regarding your point, players are now too big and too athletic to be protected by any pads or helmets. Football has become inherently destructive and is therefore obsolete. That's okay, big money had already rendered it so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-83676775154141245432012-04-24T12:18:31.479-04:002012-04-24T12:18:31.479-04:00the inertia of stupidity will carry football on fo...the inertia of stupidity will carry football on for quite while, as well as other human follies.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554961854201609452noreply@blogger.com