New Orleans Saints comment of the day: Here's why preseason games are important

Saint_LB · 08-18-2010, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by skymike

an 18 game season would be murder on the starters.

Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, 52 weeks a year...or a brick-layer, or something. To me, what you just said is a joke when you consider how much they pay these guys to play a game...a game that you could get paralyzed for life or worse for about 12 years that you play for free before you ever get to the NFL.

Furthermore...I contend that the starters already play in preseason what amounts to probably close to 2 games worth of action out of 4 games, so in reality they are already doing it...just the first 2 games, in which they could get hurt in...don't count.

skymike · 08-18-2010, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Saint_LB

Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, ...

I've hung drywall, hauled hay, built barbed wire fences, worked in a US Steel shipyard in a Liberty, TX summer heat, chunked watermelons, and worked in a helicopter where I could have been parylized or killed everyday, and I still dont care what NFL Players make. Thats their pay scale, here's mine.

Besides talent we dont have, they suffer injuries that would send you and me away crying-- and are expected to stay on the field, and they run practices that would make us puke our guts out. Not only can we not do what they do, we probably wouldnt have the guts, or the desire, even for that almighty money you speak of.

The human body can do what it can do, even with constant work & conditioning, and to a point, it gives up or breaks. I dont want to see Battle of the M*A*S*H units at the close of every season, and I think my guys take enough of a beating every year.

You realize, if you do this, they are going to point all this out, and want MORE money. You dont get something for nothing.

I still say it favors richer teams, because they could spend "signing bonus"es to bench players, and they would need to. Don't take my word for it, ask your guts. This would only help fat cats. not us.

Why chance it? It already works.
Now you kids get out of my yard! and stop laughing at my socks.

08-18-2010, 06:33 AM	#1
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Originally Posted by skymike an 18 game season would be murder on the starters. Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, 52 weeks a year...or a brick-layer, or something. To me, what you just said is a joke when you consider how much they pay these guys to play a game...a game that you could get paralyzed for life or worse for about 12 years that you play for free before you ever get to the NFL. Furthermore...I contend that the starters already play in preseason what amounts to probably close to 2 games worth of action out of 4 games, so in reality they are already doing it...just the first 2 games, in which they could get hurt in...don't count.
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Whether you think you can or think you can't...you're right!

08-18-2010, 10:46 AM	#2
skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	Originally Posted by Saint_LB Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, ... I've hung drywall, hauled hay, built barbed wire fences, worked in a US Steel shipyard in a Liberty, TX summer heat, chunked watermelons, and worked in a helicopter where I could have been parylized or killed everyday, and I still dont care what NFL Players make. Thats their pay scale, here's mine. Besides talent we dont have, they suffer injuries that would send you and me away crying-- and are expected to stay on the field, and they run practices that would make us puke our guts out. Not only can we not do what they do, we probably wouldnt have the guts, or the desire, even for that almighty money you speak of. The human body can do what it can do, even with constant work & conditioning, and to a point, it gives up or breaks. I dont want to see Battle of the MAS*H units at the close of every season, and I think my guys take enough of a beating every year. You realize, if you do this, they are going to point all this out, and want MORE money. You dont get something for nothing. I still say it favors richer teams, because they could spend "signing bonus"es to bench players, and they would need to. Don't take my word for it, ask your guts. This would only help fat cats. not us. Why chance it? It already works. Now you kids get out of my yard! and stop laughing at my socks.