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Post by beana51 on Jan 16, 2017 12:25:35 GMT -5
AARON ROGERS IS A BAD MAN !!  |
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Post by sgtmajor on Jan 16, 2017 14:50:52 GMT -5
I'm not much of a football fan anymore........more baseball for me and my Cub's finally won last year.
HOWEVER...........I'm very pleased to see Green Bay win. If I was a football fan........this would be my team!!
Go Packers!!!!!
Cheers,
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 19:07:25 GMT -5
Wonder how they'd do playing a real man's game like rugby with no girly helmets and padding... (ducks for cover)
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Post by beana51 on Jan 16, 2017 23:50:30 GMT -5
I Guess They have what Rugby players do Not...A BRAIN!...CRUELER KNOCKERS do not have any..Like The nitwit WHO HITS HIM SELF TOP OF HEAD WITH A HAMMER...WHY?? FOR WHEN HE STOPS?? IT FEELS GOOD!///Non Of the STIFF upper lip Stuff..THEY WEAR TEETH GUARDS..so they do not have to eat Soft GRUEL for the rest of their lives..No GIRLY BOYS HERE..One thing They Have that RUGBY could never give em...MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BUCKS FOR PLAYING A KIDS GAME...fact is Many a BLOKE who can KICK come over the pond to get MILLIONS kicking a funny shaped ball between two upright sticks..RIGHT??....Was a Great Game Roger..Sometimes you see something you never saw before..and this"BAD MAN" is a super Different Talent who will be remembered for a long time..RIGHT??....STAY WELL,STAY SAFE STAY HAPPY MY FRIEND!!
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Post by bhk on Jan 17, 2017 3:58:24 GMT -5
My daughter follows the Packers....she loves NFL, as do I. She (in Canberra) and I (here in Yamba) watched the Packers vs Cowboys game, texting to each other as the excitement mounted. She was at work (Dept. of Foreign Affairs). When the Packers won she apparently jumped up from her desk, cheered and clapped and then realised where she was...at work!!  Fortunately she's a "boss", so was in her office at the time!! I am a Raiders fan. Enuff said.  |
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Post by bhk on Jan 17, 2017 4:08:46 GMT -5
Wonder how they'd do playing a real man's game like rugby with no girly helmets and padding... (ducks for cover) Many years ago (late 1980s), when I was working for Otis in Canberra, the company had a box at the sports-ground where the Canberra Raiders (R.League) played their home games. Part of the sponsorship deal was that we also got in to see Rugby Union and other games held there, so I was able to catch quite a few Brumbies matches. One year the city was visited by a two-team squad of American university footballers.....American football, that is, and they put on a demo session before one of the Raider's games...or it may have been at half-time. Can't remember exactly. Our box...open at the front that evening (sliding glass doors)...was right next to where a bunch of the Americans were sitting. I think they were "reserves" and support personnel and they spent the afternoon watching the Rugby League game. We could overhear their conversation and they were continually expressing amazement at how much punishment was dished out (and received) yet the players wore no virtually no protection. |
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Post by nige on Jan 17, 2017 14:00:53 GMT -5
Down here in Melbourne, Rugby and American Football are virtually unknown. The game here is Australian Rules, a sort of cross between Gaelic football and the Sack of Carthage. It is called Australian Rules, even though at first glance it doesn't appear to have any rules! Over the years there have been rule changes to prevent dangerous tackles and 'barging', that is,excessively violent collisions. There is also some debate about possible concussions. I see that in Britain there is some debate about concussion from 'heading' the ball in soccer. I think we are going to hear more in the future about sports injuries and how to prevent them.
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Post by bhk on Jan 17, 2017 14:34:25 GMT -5
Down here in Melbourne......is Australian Rules, a sort of cross between Gaelic football and the Sack of Carthage.... Up here in the part of Australia which plays proper ball games like Rugby Union and Rugby League, we call your game "Aerial Ping-Pong", Nige. |
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Post by nige on Jan 17, 2017 17:17:15 GMT -5
Oddly enough, that's what we call Rugby! When I was still at school in England we played Rugby Union, whereas you play Rugby League. My wife, who is from Yorkshire and knows about these thing, tells me that one rugby code is a game for thugs, played by gentlemen, and the other is a game for gentlemen, played by thugs, but I can never remember which is which!
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Post by beana51 on Jan 17, 2017 21:52:35 GMT -5
The effects of concussions in ANY Sport .be it falling of a race horse or a Hockey game..Becoming Epidemic here..the Big Money gained By all is cover for this tragic epidemic...young men Lives ruined..Some Places in the USA Many do not wear helmets.on Bikes .Those Injuries result in Death a Merciful death..Great stride In Protection..But after all a Body Can take so much..But a Neck and a Head So vulnerable to injury..Some Of These Guys close to 300Lbs at High Speed Collisions Result in serous injury. the Kids ,men so much bigger and Faster...Rules On the Foot Ball field Give the vulnerable Quarter back Some Protection..But in Big Games A Solid Hit To Him If He is disabled and then pay a small price ROUGHING THE PASSER 15 YARDS.PENALTY..Meanwhile The Guy is Carried Out Second String Replacement??YA WIN!! www.concussiontreatment.com/concussionfacts.html |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 6:20:17 GMT -5
But seriously... actually the rules for rugby have been, and are still being, tightened up for the reasons mentioned. There have been rules for some time in relation to tackling in the air (not allowed), 'spearing' ie picking up an opponent and dropping them on their head (not allowed and if you raise an opponent off the ground there are strict rules in place as to how you let them down again) and high tackles ie around the neck. New rules are just being introduced to define exactly how high you can tackle an opponent and it's expected that in the coming 6 Nations (early February - I can't wait) many penalties will arise unfortunately as players get used to them. There are strict rules now on concussion - if after a head hit even if the player doesn't lose consciousness, the pitch-side doctor thinks that it's necessary, the player has to go off for more detailed testing (sub allowed) and if kept off, he has to satisfy the medics after a minimum set period (forget how long - but several weeks) that he's fit to resume playing.
So things are being done as they should be, but as a rugby fan, I'd hate to see tradition go out of the window and players all dressed up in protective gear. After all, it's a physical sport, the players know that as do the spectators, and that's how it should be maintained, but it's right that measures should be taken to prevent avoidable injuries however caused, and especially if as a result of stupidity or irresponsibility. It's a game not a war.
BTW - can admin change the forum settings so if you make a change to a post eg inside 5 minutes to correct a spelling for example, that it's not shown as being an edit. Other forums do that so it should be possible on this one I reckon.
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Post by beana51 on Jan 18, 2017 11:31:28 GMT -5
True Roger..Guess we really are becoming a world of NAMBI PAMBIS...I see no kids or like there were mindless going out for sport combat..Now the Got SMART along with being FAT WIMPY...In the USA its no more of Less than 0.5 percent of the population serves in the armed forces, compared with more than 12 percent during World War II. Sports are a Spectator Game..Live,TV Games ..No more sand lot as before..the Players are increasing from other countries..Ditto in the Boxing world..Drugs now a Team sport..and being legalized...I Know Since time began,Every Generation Criticized the their Currant Young Generation..Then There Are Some who Find Small Flying Machines Underpowered Siting on a Lawn chair Floating in the Air..An act Of Daring and Bravery..Its not for Pleasure But Rather I Think A Way to test ones self..Warriors do this go on dangerous missions..the Gratification of all his is a personal feeling of euphoria and ego..I bet you knew some of theses guys Roger....Must admit I Feel Somewhat like that flying Solo..Thrilling !////The World of the school yard games are gone now..Prohibited in most places..The Thrill of a Saturday morning of young kids Gone now...No more Old Baseball gloves..Or Fall football Or Running to feel the wind in yer face..Playing Jumping ..Biking Skates Wagons ..All seems to be extinct...Sad For The Young World Over...My Generation was called the GREATEST..Not True every generation is great if Tasked to do so..BUT THEY BETTER BE IN SHAPE WITH THE MINDSET TO DO IT..well BLOVIATED ENOUGH..BACK YO MY WALTER MITTY WORLD Now soon to be 85yrs and seen STUFF That Happened..the Days Ahead The Future are Now The most Exciting of time to be Alive CIAO MY FRIEND!!  |
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Post by bhk on Jan 18, 2017 16:03:03 GMT -5
.............it's a physical sport, the players know that as do the spectators, and that's how it should be maintained, but it's right that measures should be taken to prevent avoidable injuries however caused, and especially if as a result of stupidity or irresponsibility. It's a game not a war...... One of the biggest changes in any sport was the introduction of helmets+face-guards in cricket. Strangely, it was a move which was initially treated with derision by some top-level players but has since proven to have been an absolutely spot-on ruling and when you think that cricketers were playing with leg pads, padded gloves and "boxes" for many decades, why helmets weren't introduced wa-a-a-y back is surprising. |
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Post by beana51 on Jan 18, 2017 16:22:54 GMT -5
Not to Get Historical here but as An Example.of Body protection.." ...BRITANNIA "under Roman Occupation..a British women Stands up ,Boudica ,queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. After a serious Victories,On settlements , A confrontation Occurred in n AD 60 or 61 Near Roman city of Londinium in short The queens army Numbered over 100,00 people..with Women and Children adding to the number..The Brave Brits All Naked,Painted Blue,Full of intentions to slaughter the Romans now strategically Placed..in front of them now 230 Thousand Came at a full Charge ,to a Thinly Numbered Roman line..The Briton Thu Them selve On th The Romans...and here is the Lesson..The Brits were Naked,Painted Blue Brave..But when they hit a solid Wall Od body shields,Bronze Armor Breast Plats Helmets Protecting Head Face Neck,with Shoulder pads Armor With Leg Armor And Hob Nailed boots,,The Roman Short Gladus and their throwing Spears Had a Lawn mower effect..Repeated Charges More Killed..Their Were very Few Survivors....What Does That Tell us....Tells Me WEAR PROTECTIVE STUFF LOL!! ROMANS STOOD In BRITANNIA FOR 400 Yrs HAVE FUN !! The Attached U-TUBE is an excellent depiction of this history If not familiar?? This Shows and Tells it all... www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Mn2VSEBFo |
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