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unrepentant said:
monkeyhanger said:
ewenm said:
They'd also need to learn how to tackle - just charging into someone isn't allowed in Rugby. The penalty count could be quite high.
Not forgetting that they'd be somewhat confused when play doesn't stop every 20 seconds for a "Message from our sponsors"
To those of you who wish to deride NFL players I would ask you this. How many British players have made it in the NFL? The answer is hardly any (ever). One or two kickers and a couple of v minor backup onfield players. By contrast there are a lot of Americans in the football Premiership and Champioship here. (My own club Reading has 2). Given that the average pay is huge in the NFL (particularly compared to Rugby) I would imagine that British rugby players would be flocking over there if they had the requisite skills.
And play does not stop for ad breaks. They put ad breaks in when the play stops, which given that both teams change all their personnel when possession and the clock stops wheneveer a pass is incomplete changes is quite often.
That is a good point. Rugby takes tough guys, but they would go down after about two hits with these monsters; they are simply the 1% who rises to the top to play in the NFL....no comparison.
BrianTheYank said:
too bad american football is crap
Most boring load of tosh ever.
As for the comment made by someone re: rugby players that is like comparing chalk and cheese.
Yank football involves loads of idle time, low tempo followed by a sudden and brief play then it goes all quiet again. Without wanting to start a flame war all American sports suck.
what makes me laugh is when they hold their 'World Series'
disco1 said:
BrianTheYank said:
too bad american football is crap
Most boring load of tosh ever.
Thats your opinion. The 850 million people that watched superbowl on TV would disagree with you.
I'm English and I love football, rugby, cricket passionately. I also love NFL. They are not mutually exclusive.
disco1 said:
BrianTheYank said:
too bad american football is crap
Most boring load of tosh ever.
As for the comment made by someone re: rugby players that is like comparing chalk and cheese.
Yank football involves loads of idle time, low tempo followed by a sudden and brief play then it goes all quiet again. Without wanting to start a flame war all American sports suck.
what makes me laugh is when they hold their 'World Series'
Just because you can't hang doesn't mean you need to bring out the sour grapes. A Brit telling someone their sports suck
Edit to say: I posted that not as a snipe at my Brit friends, just to wind up Disco! Edited by jimbeaux on Tuesday 13th February 11:52
unrepentant said:
disco1 said:
BrianTheYank said:
too bad american football is crap
Most boring load of tosh ever.
Thats your opinion. The 850 million people that watched superbowl on TV would disagree with you.
I'm English and I love football, rugby, cricket passionately. I also love NFL. They are not mutually exclusive.
That fig of 850 mil is nothing but guesswork/hype by optimistic broadcaster PRIOR to the game. I think the broadcasters bounded around a similar figure last year, the actual figures were closer to 150 mil.
It is watched less than the FA Cup, weekly premiership and almost every other WORLDWIDE sport
hoddo said:
I am aware that most PH members will not be interested in this event but it could be a rather interesting spectacle at the new Wembly.
www.nfllondon2007.com/
www.nfllondon2007.com/
I'll be there
Have any of you that applied for tickets had an email confirming your in for a chance at the first batch of ticket that go on sale on Wednesday? Got my email last Friday saying that I'm entitled for upto 6 tickets, I only applied for 2. This number your entitled to seems to vary from person to person, some only 2, some 4.
jimbeaux said:
Fittster said:
How frequently are NFL players drug tested?
Not sure; how often are you drug tested?
I suspect he was referring to performance enhancing drugs. In my sport, someone will be tested after every international match and there is random out of competition testing for anyone on the governing body's performance lists.
jimbeaux said:
unrepentant said:
Fittster said:
How frequently are NFL players drug tested?
As I understand it they are not.
Not sure of frequency, but they most certainly are tested.
The league's punishments for failing are also very clear-cut (a contrast to the handling of certain cases by the FA for example).For performance-enhancing drugs: First fail = 4 game ban (25% of season), second fail = 6 game ban (33% of season), third fail = full season ban, more than that and the suspension is unlimited (you need to satify the league and team doctors that you are drug-free before you can play). For recreational drugs, the first fail is enrolement in a rehab program, the second fail is 4 game ban etc etc. The terms of these bans also allows the clubs to not pay the players during their ban although I'm not certain whether this does happen.
For example, Miami's runningback Ricky Williams has an addiction problem with marijuana. After his fourth test-fail he was banned for a year, but this has just been extended for another six months because he's not doing well in rehab. They are trying to get $8 million back from him for the year out of the game!
edited because I screwed the quotes up
Edited by sheepy on Monday 14th May 21:03
russ35 said:
Have any of you that applied for tickets had an email confirming your in for a chance at the first batch of ticket that go on sale on Wednesday? Got my email last Friday saying that I'm entitled for upto 6 tickets, I only applied for 2. This number your entitled to seems to vary from person to person, some only 2, some 4.
Yup. Asked for three, got invited to apply for four!
sheepy said:
jimbeaux said:
unrepentant said:
Fittster said:
How frequently are NFL players drug tested?
As I understand it they are not.
Not sure of frequency, but they most certainly are tested.
The league's punishments for failing are also very clear-cut (a contrast to the handling of certain cases by the FA for example).For performance-enhancing drugs: First fail = 4 game ban (25% of season), second fail = 6 game ban (33% of season), third fail = full season ban, more than that and the suspension is unlimited (you need to satify the league and team doctors that you are drug-free before you can play). For recreational drugs, the first fail is enrolement in a rehab program, the second fail is 4 game ban etc etc. The terms of these bans also allows the clubs to not pay the players during their ban although I'm not certain whether this does happen.
For example, Miami's runningback Ricky Williams has an addiction problem with marijuana. After his fourth test-fail he was banned for a year, but this has just been extended for another six months because he's not doing well in rehab. They are trying to get $8 million back from him for the year out of the game!
Does that include steroids, because as I understand it from friends in the US they are very widely used in the NFL?
unrepentant said:
sheepy said:
jimbeaux said:
unrepentant said:
Fittster said:
How frequently are NFL players drug tested?
As I understand it they are not.
Not sure of frequency, but they most certainly are tested.
The league's punishments for failing are also very clear-cut (a contrast to the handling of certain cases by the FA for example).For performance-enhancing drugs: First fail = 4 game ban (25% of season), second fail = 6 game ban (33% of season), third fail = full season ban, more than that and the suspension is unlimited (you need to satify the league and team doctors that you are drug-free before you can play). For recreational drugs, the first fail is enrolement in a rehab program, the second fail is 4 game ban etc etc. The terms of these bans also allows the clubs to not pay the players during their ban although I'm not certain whether this does happen.
For example, Miami's runningback Ricky Williams has an addiction problem with marijuana. After his fourth test-fail he was banned for a year, but this has just been extended for another six months because he's not doing well in rehab. They are trying to get $8 million back from him for the year out of the game!
Does that include steroids, because as I understand it from friends in the US they are very widely used in the NFL?
Especially include steroids.
jimbeaux said:
unrepentant said:
sheepy said:
The league's punishments for failing are also very clear-cut (a contrast to the handling of certain cases by the FA for example).For performance-enhancing drugs: First fail = 4 game ban (25% of season), second fail = 6 game ban (33% of season), third fail = full season ban, more than that and the suspension is unlimited (you need to satify the league and team doctors that you are drug-free before you can play).
Does that include steroids, because as I understand it from friends in the US they are very widely used in the NFL?Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff