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<blockquote data-quote="doctordick" data-source="post: 194393" data-attributes="member: 2595"><p>You're probably not old enough to remember when pro football players made the princely sum of maybe 50k a year. When they played their whole careers in one city and lived there year 'round and many had summer jobs. Hall of famer Paul Hornung was villified for diving across the goal line when there was no one anywhere him, and he didn't do it again. I recall a very small DB who called himself Mighty Mouse and after being beaten ten plays in a row, would do a flexing pose in the middle of the field when he finally did make a play. Unfortunately, that sort of behavior is all too common today. Players were required to wear coats and ties when they travelled with the team and were expected to act like professionals. Today's players are for the most part overpaid overcoddled egomaniacs who have no appreciation for the fact that they are paid huge amouts of money for playing a kid's game. The attitude of being part of a priveleged class has trickled down to the college and even high school levels. I get so sick of seeing players doing their rehearsed and choreographed "celebrations" that I rarely watch football and never watch basketball anymore. I really doubt if a doctor would keep his hospital priveleges for long if he spiked his instruments and started dancing after successful surgery. Would a lawyer who jumped into the jury box and high fived the court reporter after a successful verdict not be slapped down by the judge for that kind of behavior? Plumbers, carpenters, roofers, mechanics and everyone else are expected to maintain a certain level professionalism while at their jobs, aren't we entitled to expect the same from athletes that's expected from us? Buncha damn spoiled rotten no class havin' punks. As far as women's softball is concerned, would you want to throw a flag on fifteen lesbians? A guy could get hormoned to death!! End of rant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctordick, post: 194393, member: 2595"] You're probably not old enough to remember when pro football players made the princely sum of maybe 50k a year. When they played their whole careers in one city and lived there year 'round and many had summer jobs. Hall of famer Paul Hornung was villified for diving across the goal line when there was no one anywhere him, and he didn't do it again. I recall a very small DB who called himself Mighty Mouse and after being beaten ten plays in a row, would do a flexing pose in the middle of the field when he finally did make a play. Unfortunately, that sort of behavior is all too common today. Players were required to wear coats and ties when they travelled with the team and were expected to act like professionals. Today's players are for the most part overpaid overcoddled egomaniacs who have no appreciation for the fact that they are paid huge amouts of money for playing a kid's game. The attitude of being part of a priveleged class has trickled down to the college and even high school levels. I get so sick of seeing players doing their rehearsed and choreographed "celebrations" that I rarely watch football and never watch basketball anymore. I really doubt if a doctor would keep his hospital priveleges for long if he spiked his instruments and started dancing after successful surgery. Would a lawyer who jumped into the jury box and high fived the court reporter after a successful verdict not be slapped down by the judge for that kind of behavior? Plumbers, carpenters, roofers, mechanics and everyone else are expected to maintain a certain level professionalism while at their jobs, aren't we entitled to expect the same from athletes that's expected from us? Buncha damn spoiled rotten no class havin' punks. As far as women's softball is concerned, would you want to throw a flag on fifteen lesbians? A guy could get hormoned to death!! End of rant. [/QUOTE]
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