Matt Hayes is 100% Spot on...

[BOBURSO]

There very well maybe a vaccine available but it is highly unlikely to be in wide spread use come March. Most think it will be approved in January or February and manufacturers are making it now but you still have to distribute it and getting 100 million doses out in a month or two isn't likely. Even with that the players are unlikely to be included in that first 100 million and 100 million vaccinated won't be enough to keep the virus from spreading although it should slow it down.

 

[BOBURSO]

A leading Global Virus specialist believes unless we vaccinate everyone, being the world then the virus will not be eliminated, nor controlled. It’s not something one country Can address, without every country addressing. In short he says it’s not a national problem but a global problem, and needs addressed accordingLy.

 

[YourPittDanceTeam]

Dude I get it that rugby is tough. What it's not is a 60 minute car wreck played by the most explosive athletes in the world.

I would just like to point out to you that the "most explosive athletes in the world" are NOT football players. I have played both sports and I have seen tens of thousands of football blocks/tackles and ice hockey checks. With out a doubt, the more intense impacts to the human body come on the ice. Running across the middle of a football field and getting drilled by a player does come close to the impact being delivered by a hockey player who already has built up quite a bit of speed before making impact with another player. Not even close.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

I would just like to point out to you that the "most explosive athletes in the world" are NOT football players. I have played both sports and I have seen tens of thousands of football blocks/tackles and ice hockey checks. With out a doubt, the more intense impacts to the human body come on the ice. Running across the middle of a football field and getting drilled by a player does come close to the impact being delivered by a hockey player who already has built up quite a bit of speed before making impact with another player. Not even close.

There numerous studies done over the years that routinely show that football players exert more force and acceleration than any other sport, especially when considering mass per athlete.

Look at a football helmet vs any other helmet in sports.

What's the average length of a career of a hockey player vs a football player?

Who are the Sean Taylor's, Reggie White's, Aaron Donald's, Lawrence Taylor's, etc of hockey? Who are your Bo Jackson's, Herschel Walker's, Earl Campbell's, etc?

What's the % of black athletes playing hockey vs football?

I could go on and on. Hockey and rugby are extremely tough sports. I'm not taking anything away from those athletes. But the athletes in those sports haven't won the genetic lottery when it comes to size, power, and speed. That's a fact.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

so you're point is that the better the athlete, the worse condition you're in? stop digging, my friend.

The reason those athletes are so big and fast is due to cardiovascular requirements the sport requires. Its not brain science genius.

 

[pitt90seven]

The reason those athletes are so big and fast is due to cardiovascular requirements the sport requires. Its not brain science genius.

wait, now. what this says is that not the player's DNA or anything else determines their size and speed. it's the cardiovascular requirements of football.

but even if so, football is nowhere near the most taxing cardiovascular sport. not even remotely close. so by your logic, a marathoner should be bigger and faster than a football player.

like i said, stop digging.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

wait, now. what this says is that not the player's DNA or anything else determines their size and speed. it's the cardiovascular requirements of football.

but even if so, football is nowhere near the most taxing cardiovascular sport. not even remotely close. so by your logic, a marathoner should be bigger and faster than a football player.

like i said, stop digging.

I never said football was a taxing cardiovascular sport.

Now follow along junior -

I said it was a 60 minute car wreck.

Rugby, hockey, soccer, etc all have superior cardiovascular requirements.

But, they do not have near the type of violence football has.

Dana White said it best when his son wanted to try out for Bishop Gorman. "I'd rather him do mma, football is way more violent."

 

[pitt90seven]

The reason those athletes are so big and fast is due to cardiovascular requirements the sport requires. Its not brain science genius.

I never said football was a taxing cardiovascular sport.

Now follow along junior -

I said it was a 60 minute car wreck.

Rugby, hockey, soccer, etc all have superior cardiovascular requirements.

But, they do not have near the type of violence football has.

Dana White said it best when his son wanted to try out for Bishop Gorman. "I'd rather him do mma, football is way more violent."

it's exactly what you wrote. word for word!

you realize ruby is pretty similar EXCEPT THEY DON'T WEAR PADS AND PLAY LONGER AND ARE MORE ACTIVE DURING THE GAME, right?

are you aware, at all, of the sport of rugby?

 

[steelcurtain55.]

it's exactly what you wrote. word for word!

you realize ruby is pretty similar EXCEPT THEY DON'T WEAR PADS AND PLAY LONGER AND ARE MORE ACTIVE DURING THE GAME, right?

are you aware, at all, of the sport of rugby?

The reason football players are so big, so fast, so explosive, etc is because of the cardiovascular requirements of the game. Football is not aerobic sport!!!!!! You can't play soccer at 6'7 340lbs!!!!! Follow along!

The reason Carl Lewis ran the 100, 200, and long jump and not the 100 and 3200 is due his genetic predisposition to running very fast. If he were to cross train with long run's, his 100 meter time would suffer. The reason sprinters take full rest intervals in between reps, is to to ensure they're fully recovered to maximize effort on the next attempt with the hope of maintaining velocity and power input. The premise is the same in football.

Rugby has similar elements as football but is played by slower and smaller athletes.

A good analogy would be comparing top fuel drag cars participating in demolition derby to rally or sprint car races.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

This is coming from the president of a sport where athletes can break bones and choke opponents unconscious while earning incentives to do so.

 

[revampedpanthers]

it's exactly what you wrote. word for word!

you realize ruby is pretty similar EXCEPT THEY DON'T WEAR PADS AND PLAY LONGER AND ARE MORE ACTIVE DURING THE GAME, right?

are you aware, at all, of the sport of rugby?

Rugby always reminded me of a back yard tackle football game. It's rough but the hits are different primarily because of the lack of equipment. Hockey is v ty physical but if you had NFL players play 82 games in a season they couldn't make it. NFL is more physical, however I could easy make a argument that overall hockey is tougher because of the workload while still being very physical

 

[pitt90seven]

The reason football players are so big, so fast, so explosive, etc is because of the cardiovascular requirements of the game. Football is not aerobic sport!!!!!! You can't play soccer at 6'7 340lbs!!!!! Follow along!

The reason Carl Lewis ran the 100, 200, and long jump and not the 100 and 3200 is due his genetic predisposition to running very fast. If he were to cross train with long run's, his 100 meter time would suffer. The reason sprinters take full rest intervals in between reps, is to to ensure they're fully recovered to maximize effort on the next attempt with the hope of maintaining velocity and power input. The premise is the same in football.

Rugby has similar elements as football but is played by slower and smaller athletes.

A good analogy would be comparing top fuel drag cars participating in demolition derby to rally or sprint car races.

 

[steelcurtain55.]

Ignorance is bliss, denial is pathetic - author unknown.