Comments on: Thug Life http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272061 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:35:18 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272061 [3][5]Joe Pos is wayyyyyy too mushy and naive for my tastes. He's funny writing about infomericals and abd Cleveland teams but that Penn State stuff just showed he's maybe not the sharpest cat out there.. CPP is incredbile. Only recently discovered him and love his work, both on sports and the election campaign. [3][5]Joe Pos is wayyyyyy too mushy and naive for my tastes. He’s funny writing about infomericals and abd Cleveland teams but that Penn State stuff just showed he’s maybe not the sharpest cat out there..

CPP is incredbile. Only recently discovered him and love his work, both on sports and the election campaign.

]]> By: Normando http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272058 Normando Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:53:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272058 [5] Speaking of NPR, Pierce is great on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. [5] Speaking of NPR, Pierce is great on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272057 RIYank Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:47:11 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272057 [3] Joe Pos, of course, yes. [4] I know, also NPR, oddly enough, "Only a Game". [3] Joe Pos, of course, yes.
[4] I know, also NPR, oddly enough, “Only a Game”.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272056 Alex Belth Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272056 Charlie came up through the alternative press at the <em>Boston Phoenix</em>. Then worked for the <em>Herald</em> and later the <em>Globe</em>. Also, he became a star takeout writer at <em>The National</em>, along with Johnette Howard and Pete Richmond, to name a couple, and then later worked for <em>GQ, SI</em>, and <em>Esquire</em>. He's a good one. And his book "Hard to Forget" is excellent: http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Forget-Alzheimers-Charles-Pierce/dp/0679452915 Charlie came up through the alternative press at the Boston Phoenix. Then worked for the Herald and later the Globe. Also, he became a star takeout writer at The National, along with Johnette Howard and Pete Richmond, to name a couple, and then later worked for GQ, SI, and Esquire. He’s a good one. And his book “Hard to Forget” is excellent:

http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Forget-Alzheimers-Charles-Pierce/dp/0679452915

]]> By: Shaun P. http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272055 Shaun P. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:44:55 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272055 [2] He's an excellent writer period, on all kinds of national issues, IMHO. Joe Pos - all of the Paterno/Penn State situation aside - is also in his league, a different kind of writer but boy oh boy, do I wish I could write as well as he does. [1] I will not let my son play football, period. I'm convinced that the danger is far too great. [2] He’s an excellent writer period, on all kinds of national issues, IMHO.

Joe Pos – all of the Paterno/Penn State situation aside – is also in his league, a different kind of writer but boy oh boy, do I wish I could write as well as he does.

[1] I will not let my son play football, period. I’m convinced that the danger is far too great.

]]> By: RIYank http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272054 RIYank Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:28:53 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272054 Good for Charlie Pierce. I think he's right on every count here. What national sports writer is as good as Charlie Pierce? I'm probably forgetting some good ones. Good for Charlie Pierce. I think he’s right on every count here.

What national sports writer is as good as Charlie Pierce? I’m probably forgetting some good ones.

]]> By: Chyll Will http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/05/the-nfls-dirty-little-secret-exposed/#comment-272053 Chyll Will Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:11:09 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80902#comment-272053 One punishment won't be the be-all to end-all. Depending on the extent of it, it might take a permanent banishment to get through to people who are making sick amounts of money in a sport where we've convinced ourselves that grown men are willingly sacrificing themselves for a greater good (and when things go bad for the player or don't go the way people want them to off-field, then it reverts to "a business"). I'm not condemning the violence so much (it's a contact sport after all), it's the hypocrisy that accompanies and condones it to such an extreme level that gets me. When I was born, the doctor predicted that I would be a football player when I grew up. Mom put the kibbosh on that immediately. Although I was allowed to play neighborhood streetball and touch/flag football growing up, I was never allowed to join organized leagues. Mom said that a kid my size would be target all the time. I used to regret this, watching a lot of my friends play on the squads in jr. high and high school, and I regretted it even more when I saw how much money good players coming out of college were getting when drafted. But that subsided when I saw the real business of pro football and how cut throat it is from a player standpoint (good luck if you're not from a major program or not a freakishly talented undrafted free agent), and now that I'm onlder I have to consider myself very fortunate for having navigated through life without being pressured to use what many assumed was an athlete's body in ways that I would regret at this age: constant pain, concussions (well, the seizures led to a couple of those anyway), memory or motor function loss, etc. It wasn't meant for me regardless, but Mom saw that early on and I'm grateful. Not to minimize anyone else who has gone that route because I respect a person's passion, but again it wasn't for me and I have no regrets anymore, especially in light of all this. One punishment won’t be the be-all to end-all. Depending on the extent of it, it might take a permanent banishment to get through to people who are making sick amounts of money in a sport where we’ve convinced ourselves that grown men are willingly sacrificing themselves for a greater good (and when things go bad for the player or don’t go the way people want them to off-field, then it reverts to “a business”). I’m not condemning the violence so much (it’s a contact sport after all), it’s the hypocrisy that accompanies and condones it to such an extreme level that gets me.

When I was born, the doctor predicted that I would be a football player when I grew up. Mom put the kibbosh on that immediately. Although I was allowed to play neighborhood streetball and touch/flag football growing up, I was never allowed to join organized leagues. Mom said that a kid my size would be target all the time. I used to regret this, watching a lot of my friends play on the squads in jr. high and high school, and I regretted it even more when I saw how much money good players coming out of college were getting when drafted. But that subsided when I saw the real business of pro football and how cut throat it is from a player standpoint (good luck if you’re not from a major program or not a freakishly talented undrafted free agent), and now that I’m onlder I have to consider myself very fortunate for having navigated through life without being pressured to use what many assumed was an athlete’s body in ways that I would regret at this age: constant pain, concussions (well, the seizures led to a couple of those anyway), memory or motor function loss, etc. It wasn’t meant for me regardless, but Mom saw that early on and I’m grateful. Not to minimize anyone else who has gone that route because I respect a person’s passion, but again it wasn’t for me and I have no regrets anymore, especially in light of all this.

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