My friend just got diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Never played football, he was an engineer. The long term injury states in Football are sooo overblown. I got people dropping like flies around me, non of it is from football…. It’s just life.
Yeah a lot of the brain injuries in football won’t kill you overnight but you still have to suffer for years and years. Many of these people are suffering in silence.
My friend just got diagnosed with lung cancer. Never smoked cigarettes or anything, he was straight edge. The long term risk of smoking is sooo overblown. I got people dropping like flies around me, non of it is from smoking…. It’s just life.
Playing football greatly increases your chances and life can be hard enough already. So the conversation is relevant. It's ignorant to not act like it's real
@@Freerider93 Dont speak on the lowly laymen that bust their ass working into and early grave! completely unappreciated with SKY HIGH off themselves rates. Let's talk about Hamlin and Favre... the true heros of this country. Give me a break dude. This is more important than the stupid topic.
many of the NFL players I've heard speak on football and injuries typically say they would not want their own children to do it, but THEY would absolutely do it again because of what the game did for them/their family
@@Falloutx360a Because they have generational wealth. How many people tell their kids to work in the cold mine after they lived a life allowing their kids to go to college? I've made a living working online and not having to go into the regular job every day. I wouldn't tell my kids not to do that but i would also tell them to have a career and lifestyle where you don't have to be in a single position for life.
The "car wreck" analogy is absurd. At one time the sport was very violent but today's game is incredibly tame. You rarely see a big hit anymore. Today its all about ligament injuries that mostly occur from non contact. So stop the goofy analogy.
Just cause you don’t see guys across the middle getting laid out doesn’t mean the play between the tackles isn’t just as physical now. Linemen, backers and running backs are banging every play and these dudes are massive. It’s still very physical. Just cause you don’t think it looks that way on TV, a routine tackle or block in the box is way harder and bigger impact than it looks on tv
Kelvin provides more youthful energy. I liked Broussard but Kelvin is a great addition from an energy standpoint. Sometimes CB would sound fatigued from his TV show.
Coal mining is a particularly silly comparison. Aint nobody with millions of dollars in the bank out here mining coal. Listen, in a decade, nobody is going to remember most of today's NFL players. Only the true fans will even remember that someone like Sam Darnold even existed. The average American will probably only remember Pat Mahomes. So at a certain point, risking your health for the "glory" of football is just plain ridiculous. It's the type of stupid thing that old men warn young men not to do, and most young men don't listen and have to just learn for themselves the hard way.
People worked in cold mines because they had to, the very reason some play in the NFL or be a stripper. You can make maybe 50k a year or make millions, idk about you but guys like Boomer, Simms, Aikman are always remembered especially when they continue working in the NFL via being a coach, announcer, front office, ect. When your good enough to be a top player people will continue. The same way people have lifetimes issue people make their money and have a full life.
Luke and Luck were forced to retired, Luke because of concussions and Luck because of injuries. Calvin is the only one who left in their prime and i would say because he wasn't going anywhere on the Lions. Miss the playoffs every year and put up ok numbers(relative to teams with top 10 QBs)
Look at the popularity of boxing, which isn’t the main attraction it used to be, but UFC has exploded in the past few decades and the people who can’t understand why men participate in voluntary activities like combat and collision sports or wing diving and the hundreds of other risky adventures don’t have the insight to understand and comprehend why (mostly) men would risk their lives for a thrill… Live and Let Live!!!!
Rob is a legend but he’s wrong on this point. Baseball is a beautiful sport but the attraction to play in the NFL, and even college football, dominates the American mythos and even over basketball has become (long before fantasy leagues) the most glorious and attractive endeavor for the young men in America (and increasingly in other countries) to pursue, damn the torpedoes and any other future potential consequences… An Olympic Gold Medal is nothing compared with being part of the NFL, the modern equivalent of military glory and honor…
There's a lot to unpack in this topic. But in my opinion, it all comes down to money. There is lots of money floating around in the NFL for the league itself and the players. If a player is from a poverty stricken situation, of course they would take that chance to get their family out that situation. The league makes money hand over fist. Fans are all in , especially with the gambling now, and the league is too, even expanding to another game in the regular season. There is real, unfortunate risk involved, especially with all the trauma that the body and head endures for these players each game. It's not worth it in my opinion, but that's just me. This is all too far gone now, especially with all the money involved. Good point from Kelvin about the glory and accolades that comes with it.
Not when you can make more in baseball and get hurt less. Rob is right. I would choose baseball over football and any athlete blessed with that option should choose baseball
Life is a contact sport, that is why these guys get the big bucks. Every hazardous profession that is physically demanding or dangerous pays well, and the challenge is appealing for those kind of men. Soldiering, the most hazardous profession does not pay particularly well, and the consequences physically are far greater than any sport. Brain injury is a part of the risks of football, as well as bone, back joint, ligament, and tendon injuries. Football players also have to deal with the consequences of using drugs, both legal and illegal . PEDs will likely be revealed to play a role in many post career maladies of players. So it is a much larger pot of factors in the equation, but most of it was known to players who decided to play the game, before they got in it. Players only lived into their mid fifties in the per-superbowl era. The fact is, that from an equipment, rules, and medicine point of view, the game has never been safer, but it will never be anything like an accounting job.
Rob's wrong. Fantasy football certainly helps getting players names out there but the NFL is much better at marketing their players... Along with the mass popularity of the game itself.
People end up with all these same health problems anyways whether they play sports or not. There's really no easy way out of this world. The end will most likely be painful and horrible for everyone 🤷♂
The game is a lot safer than it was a decade ago. Long term impact on the brain will decline thankfully. Not that I agree w/every rule change, some won't do anything to stop injury or concussions. But overall, If I had a son, I would let them play. I think the game will survive.
People will never get it. People will never understand it. I knew the risk of playing football, and I knew the risk of boxing basketball. Any sport that you wanna play you always put your body on the line and your mind but if you would’ve told me that I would be a famous football player like Brett Favre or just a football player and I would have a career in it and told me the result of that career is that I would have Parkinson’s and probably will pass away because I would tell you I would do it. I would choose my life because I love that game that much and I wouldn’t want anyone to feel sorry for me because I chose that career. That’s what people don’t understand if you love something and you’re willing to take a risk like that involving your health. Is anybody to tell you you shouldn’t do it if that’s the case, they should outlaw football then or boxing.
It is not worth the risk because most guys in the league don't make much or near enough to warrant the risk. Maybe a player gets 4 years on a roster and is forgotten and broke by 30. Id rather be less famous and play 7 years as a utility player in the MLB if given the choice.
"We just hope medicine can step up and either make the symptoms easier or eradicate some of these issues." Oh, you mean exactly what the covid vaccines did?
I said it last year and I'll repeat it this year: Jets are OVERRATED and Rodgers to the Jets was OVERRATED. They are not nearly as good as folk made them out to be and I'm not sure how they even came to that stupid conclusion.
I’d blame farves issues more on taking 20 vicadin or More a day let’s be serious I absolutely love farve wish him nothing but the best but he was wild. Farve would take a whole prescription in a day lol he’s lucky to be alive let alone twitching a lil. Football may have something to do with it Cauasing the injuries that resulted in addiction. But farve is an animal nope he does well
I wish the world was 100% safe, and that everyone lived very long and prosperous lives. Unfortunately life doesn't work that way. The percentage of NFL players that fatalities during their career or suffer serious issues post career vs miners, road workers, first responders, high tension power line workers, oil rig workers.......
Baseball players make way more money, longer careers, and don't suffer from brain damage. No parent with half a brain would let their child anywhere near a football field.
My friend just got diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Never played football, he was an engineer. The long term injury states in Football are sooo overblown. I got people dropping like flies around me, non of it is from football…. It’s just life.
Yeah a lot of the brain injuries in football won’t kill you overnight but you still have to suffer for years and years. Many of these people are suffering in silence.
My friend just got diagnosed with lung cancer. Never smoked cigarettes or anything, he was straight edge. The long term risk of smoking is sooo overblown. I got people dropping like flies around me, non of it is from smoking…. It’s just life.
@@roscoedash6673😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 thank you
Playing football greatly increases your chances and life can be hard enough already. So the conversation is relevant. It's ignorant to not act like it's real
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Kelvin been a good replacement. Props brotha
Solid af 💯
I agree too. Kelvin has challenged rob about baseball, I love that
How about all the poor construction workers in this country? Their suicide rate is through the roof. They have busted bodies at 50. It’s rough.
We ain't talking about them lol
@@Freerider93 I’m just drawing a parallel
@@corning1 No one was asking for all that though.
@@Freerider93 well I gave it, what the hell is the problem?!
@@Freerider93 Dont speak on the lowly laymen that bust their ass working into and early grave! completely unappreciated with SKY HIGH off themselves rates. Let's talk about Hamlin and Favre... the true heros of this country. Give me a break dude. This is more important than the stupid topic.
That is why Tua needs to retire
At some point how much money is enough? Guess it still wasn't enough for Brett who went out and stole money 🙄
He didn’t steal money
Big risks big reward playing. Adults can make their own choices to out their body on the line.
many of the NFL players I've heard speak on football and injuries typically say they would not want their own children to do it, but THEY would absolutely do it again because of what the game did for them/their family
@@Falloutx360a Because they have generational wealth. How many people tell their kids to work in the cold mine after they lived a life allowing their kids to go to college? I've made a living working online and not having to go into the regular job every day. I wouldn't tell my kids not to do that but i would also tell them to have a career and lifestyle where you don't have to be in a single position for life.
The "car wreck" analogy is absurd. At one time the sport was very violent but today's game is incredibly tame. You rarely see a big hit anymore. Today its all about ligament injuries that mostly occur from non contact. So stop the goofy analogy.
Just cause you don’t see guys across the middle getting laid out doesn’t mean the play between the tackles isn’t just as physical now. Linemen, backers and running backs are banging every play and these dudes are massive. It’s still very physical. Just cause you don’t think it looks that way on TV, a routine tackle or block in the box is way harder and bigger impact than it looks on tv
Kelvin provides more youthful energy. I liked Broussard but Kelvin is a great addition from an energy standpoint. Sometimes CB would sound fatigued from his TV show.
This is great radio
I mean people will risk their lives for less so there’s that.
Their are now U37 leagues, people getting CTE on the weekend then showing up to work on monday
I would take the risk for that amount of money
Anyone would.
Charlie Ward was drafted in football, baseball and basketball
this is what worries me about Tua
Coal mining is a particularly silly comparison. Aint nobody with millions of dollars in the bank out here mining coal.
Listen, in a decade, nobody is going to remember most of today's NFL players. Only the true fans will even remember that someone like Sam Darnold even existed. The average American will probably only remember Pat Mahomes. So at a certain point, risking your health for the "glory" of football is just plain ridiculous. It's the type of stupid thing that old men warn young men not to do, and most young men don't listen and have to just learn for themselves the hard way.
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Excellent point
People worked in cold mines because they had to, the very reason some play in the NFL or be a stripper. You can make maybe 50k a year or make millions, idk about you but guys like Boomer, Simms, Aikman are always remembered especially when they continue working in the NFL via being a coach, announcer, front office, ect. When your good enough to be a top player people will continue. The same way people have lifetimes issue people make their money and have a full life.
@FIREFIGHTERCBR🤝🏿
Football comes with certain occupational hazards. But you can get into a fatal accident driving home from work.
Nobody ever loved to see people in convulsions on the field. That is crap.
Nobody likes watching rugby injuries happen in any sport.. get your money retire early..
Players should do like Luke Kuechly, Calvin Johnson, and Andrew Luck. Play just long enough to make generational changing wealth then gtfo!
Luke and Luck were forced to retired, Luke because of concussions and Luck because of injuries. Calvin is the only one who left in their prime and i would say because he wasn't going anywhere on the Lions. Miss the playoffs every year and put up ok numbers(relative to teams with top 10 QBs)
whos mike trout?
Well this is why so many guys get that second contract then all of a sudden can’t play anymore
Yea Rob, the MLB Season is a bajillion games long they better sell 70m tickets
The bread winner of the family isn’t entitled to tell others how to make a living
Look at the popularity of boxing, which isn’t the main attraction it used to be, but UFC has exploded in the past few decades and the people who can’t understand why men participate in voluntary activities like combat and collision sports or wing diving and the hundreds of other risky adventures don’t have the insight to understand and comprehend why (mostly) men would risk their lives for a thrill…
Live and Let Live!!!!
Rob is a legend but he’s wrong on this point. Baseball is a beautiful sport but the attraction to play in the NFL, and even college football, dominates the American mythos and even over basketball has become (long before fantasy leagues) the most glorious and attractive endeavor for the young men in America (and increasingly in other countries) to pursue, damn the torpedoes and any other future potential consequences…
An Olympic Gold Medal is nothing compared with being part of the NFL, the modern equivalent of military glory and honor…
There's a lot to unpack in this topic. But in my opinion, it all comes down to money.
There is lots of money floating around in the NFL for the league itself and the players.
If a player is from a poverty stricken situation, of course they would take that chance to get their family out that situation.
The league makes money hand over fist.
Fans are all in , especially with the gambling now, and the league is too, even expanding to another game in the regular season.
There is real, unfortunate risk involved, especially with all the trauma that the body and head endures for these players each game.
It's not worth it in my opinion, but that's just me. This is all too far gone now, especially with all the money involved.
Good point from Kelvin about the glory and accolades that comes with it.
To those media pundits out there. Are yall tellin me that NASCAR is safer than football?
Not when you can make more in baseball and get hurt less. Rob is right. I would choose baseball over football and any athlete blessed with that option should choose baseball
Rob lost this debate from every angle - was genuinely impressive how inept his arguments were by the end 😅
Play flag football then..
Coming to the Olympics.
Rob will fight anyone who challenges baseball's popularity.
Life is a contact sport, that is why these guys get the big bucks. Every hazardous profession that is physically demanding or dangerous pays well, and the challenge is appealing for those kind of men. Soldiering, the most hazardous profession does not pay particularly well, and the consequences physically are far greater than any sport. Brain injury is a part of the risks of football, as well as bone, back joint, ligament, and tendon injuries. Football players also have to deal with the consequences of using drugs, both legal and illegal . PEDs will likely be revealed to play a role in many post career maladies of players. So it is a much larger pot of factors in the equation, but most of it was known to players who decided to play the game, before they got in it. Players only lived into their mid fifties in the per-superbowl era. The fact is, that from an equipment, rules, and medicine point of view, the game has never been safer, but it will never be anything like an accounting job.
Rob's wrong. Fantasy football certainly helps getting players names out there but the NFL is much better at marketing their players... Along with the mass popularity of the game itself.
The man goal is to live not exist. Football is King
Rob gets in his feelings over baseball 😂😂
People end up with all these same health problems anyways whether they play sports or not. There's really no easy way out of this world. The end will most likely be painful and horrible for everyone 🤷♂
The game is a lot safer than it was a decade ago. Long term impact on the brain will decline thankfully. Not that I agree w/every rule change, some won't do anything to stop injury or concussions. But overall, If I had a son, I would let them play. I think the game will survive.
Yep and so is Boxing and MMA worth it? Or any thrill sports like F1, NASCAR, etc.
Rob is clearly wrong. People have been heavy into NFL before gambling went mainstream. NFL is king and has been King. MLB is great.
People will never get it. People will never understand it. I knew the risk of playing football, and I knew the risk of boxing basketball. Any sport that you wanna play you always put your body on the line and your mind but if you would’ve told me that I would be a famous football player like Brett Favre or just a football player and I would have a career in it and told me the result of that career is that I would have Parkinson’s and probably will pass away because I would tell you I would do it. I would choose my life because I love that game that much and I wouldn’t want anyone to feel sorry for me because I chose that career. That’s what people don’t understand if you love something and you’re willing to take a risk like that involving your health. Is anybody to tell you you shouldn’t do it if that’s the case, they should outlaw football then or boxing.
Rob Parker sounds nutz trying to say baseball popularity is anywhere near football popularity.
MLB sales 70 million tickets cause is 162 games in a season lol
It is not worth the risk because most guys in the league don't make much or near enough to warrant the risk. Maybe a player gets 4 years on a roster and is forgotten and broke by 30. Id rather be less famous and play 7 years as a utility player in the MLB if given the choice.
They choose to play. No one made them. I would do it for my family.
It’s alot more dangerous jobs that pay way less.
If I could play at a high level I’m taking Baseball over Football every time.
Addicted to pain killers did the job unfortunately
hey i know i burned down the animal shelter but i have Lupus.
"We just hope medicine can step up and either make the symptoms easier or eradicate some of these issues." Oh, you mean exactly what the covid vaccines did?
I said it last year and I'll repeat it this year: Jets are OVERRATED and Rodgers to the Jets was OVERRATED. They are not nearly as good as folk made them out to be and I'm not sure how they even came to that stupid conclusion.
Rob is way off on why football is so big. There is fantasy baseball too. It’s just boring so people prefer football.
Did the conspiracy theorist said he hopes medicine can catch up with it?
The new guy ate rob up
No diddy
Rob wrong here
Rob your mom knew you were not made for football because you just weren’t that good bruh. Stop it….
He was too skinny lol
@@blaketindle4703 Some call him the Ben Simmons of football 😂
rob spent his whole life inside a cozy office, relax rob you wouldnt relate to anything close to physical job
I only watch the games NFL is for gambling... People I know gamble on baseball an they never use to watch the games but now they do
What about the Money he stole
I’d blame farves issues more on taking 20 vicadin or
More a day let’s be serious I absolutely love farve wish him nothing but the best but he was wild. Farve would take a whole prescription in a day lol he’s lucky to be alive let alone twitching a lil. Football may have something to do with it Cauasing the injuries that resulted in addiction. But farve is an animal nope he does well
NFL was big way before fantasy football so stop it Rob.
I like the show
And professional wrestling is worse than football. A lot of those guys don't Even make it to age seventy.
Rs I know plenty of ppl who would love to switch lives wit Brett farve strictly on money alone leave me alone wit the bs
Baseball has gambling and fantasy too so bad point
Baseball is not American sport anymore!!
Too much back n forth
Is it confirmed that football caused his condition?
Hey Rob hold this for me
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What 😅s all this “cute” talk? Are they teenage girls
I wish the world was 100% safe, and that everyone lived very long and prosperous lives. Unfortunately life doesn't work that way. The percentage of NFL players that fatalities during their career or suffer serious issues post career vs miners, road workers, first responders, high tension power line workers, oil rig workers.......
Baseball is boring. Who got time like that🥴
Baseball players make way more money, longer careers, and don't suffer from brain damage. No parent with half a brain would let their child anywhere near a football field.