[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Ragnar

I've been winded playing soccer. I've been winded playing tennis. Never in baseball or football. If you do make a long run, you have more than enough time to recover. So yeah, I think in both of those sports you can get paid to not be in top physical condition. Because the sport allows it.

Going by some of the comments coming from Cowboys players, they basically told you they weren't in top physical condition.

I don't compare what I do playing HS & rec leagues to what PROFESSIONAL athletes do. It's different.

And what Lawrence said about being burned out was a poor excuse, not reality. Whether he was talking about physically or mentally.

Having said that, I could twist it & say their being "burned out" was a result of playing & practicing for 5 months a grueling game.

I can just say from my experience, I've been on the sidelines for college football, the baseline for NBA basketball, at the glass for the NHL & the bleachers for the MLB. And each time I was blown away at the speed and physicality and coordination & quick thinking it took to be at that level. And I imagine I would think the same about soccer players if I got to see the World Cup or something up close. There is no way on earth I would ever say either sport wasn't physically taxing.