[Jeff Alton]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

In this country?

Football players. All of them.

They literally get beat up like clockwork during the season...most people have no idea of the physical violence that occurs at the college and professional level. None.

The speed, the athleticism, the size of the players, the mental aspect, the danger involved has no rival in professional sports. Hockey is close.

And they get beat up every week, then asked to recover and do it all again. The collisions are something most here wouldn't survive once, let alone over the course of a season. I frankly wonder who anyone plays the sport.

I played Div I baseball and could have played D II football.

The biggest no-brainer of all time.

All of them?? Come on.......

There are plenty that fit the bill for sure, and some may be the best athletes. But plenty that I would not consider an athlete at all. I have a hard time associating "athlete" with a guy who has a gut hanging out a foot over his belt and has suspect cardio. But just MHO......

Yes, they are tough SOBs, not doubt about it but....