I get a lot of flack for loving American Football and the NFL. I have noticed that most people either love it or they hate it. This blog is dedicated to the player, coaching and managing positions within NFL teams and why they make for a strong and effective entertainment cocktail.
I’ll start off with Place Kickers because I think they embody the reasons why I love the NFL.
Kicking a ball threw a goal post at 60 yards is a serious feat, but I would argue it’s not worth spending a career designed to achieve it. I have even seen non-fanatics appreciate a clutch kick from a Place Kicker to win a big game and that’s why kickers are worth mentioning first.
Football, a simple game, is not worth spending your life and your body achieving it’s ultimate physical feats; at least in my opinion. Achieving this team sport at a high level, again, is nothing to sneeze at, but comes in as a far second to achieving the same feats within the Highest Arena.
The NFL is that highest arena because they are a multibillion dollar behemoth within Big Business. They spend a lot of resources, people and time scouting player prospects and rightly so. Their scouts attempt to go out and find the cream of the crop for their sport and it’s positions. To make it as a player in the NFL you must go through some of the worlds more vigorous training and testing techniques.
You must be complete in both body and mind and be randomly born with our species’ highest form of strength coupled with quickness. You must know how to be a required cog within a team. You don’t necessarily need book smarts, but rather you need a keen mind for the game. You are held to a higher standard of personal conduct because you will be placed as a role model for the young. You must worry about this because the young are the NFL’s future customer prospects. As an NFL player within your peer circle drugs and promiscuity are often hidden or abstained from altogether. You will be watched over meticulously by the owner of the team you make it on and his cronies. The way you act directly reflects on his multimillion dollar operation and you, as a single person, could undermine it.
Can you imagine the emotions the players might feel when they let their teams down? The NFL Place Kicker has the uncontested “easiest Job in the NFL” tag. So when a kicker goes back to the sideline after he missed a kick that cost the game it’s not just himself he’s letting down. He’s stomping his heel into the thousands of hours of hard work, at the highest level, that it took to get a chance at that kick; and he choked.
Why do I like this kind of stuff? Because all parties involved are completely consensual. On top of that they are paid literal fortunes to be placed in these high emotion circumstances that truly tests their body and mind. I see no sign of foul play so my conscience is clear. In my opinion the NFL provides unmatched entertainment while remaining human which is hard to find in the entertainment industry.
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-Sab
Why I Love the NFL and Why You Should Too Part I: Place Kickers
by sabastious 8 Replies latest jw friends
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sabastious
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Ilovebirthdays
I want my son to grow up to be a place kicker. They have a reputation for being the, um "oddballs" (or should I say the ones with a highly developed sense of humor) of the team. That would fit his personality. I also like the fact that it is a penalty to tackle them, so they can go through their football career mostly untouched. He wants to be a veterinarian, though.
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sabastious
He wants to be a veterinarian, though.
Don't worry they are an odd lot too ;)
-Sab
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palmtree67
Being a Canadian, I prefer the CFL.
Our field is 10 yrds longer than your's and we only have 3 downs. Makes for a quicker, more challenging game.
But I look forward to your NFL blogs, Sab-darling!
And I would LOOOOOOOVE to see NFL talent play by CFL rules!!!!
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MrFreeze
Actually punters have the easiest job.
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JeffT
I had a friend in college who had been a place kicker in high school. He pointed out that if he was called upon to make that clutch kick it was because the rest of the team couldn't get the ball over the goal line.
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sabastious
Actually punters have the easiest job.
Punters get whomped every now and then.
-Sab
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