Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 6 days 17 hours ago | Uh... |
Who is "Fielding Yahs-t?" |
| 1 week 5 days ago | YNWA |
Terrible season for my Reds, but I have hope we can pull it together next year. At this point, League Cup, Europa Qualification and hopefully finishing above Everton will have to do. Roll 2012-13 and come on City! |
| 2 weeks 3 days ago | Amazing season! |
Hope you win the Europa League. Javi Martinez is a dream player for me and Llorente is excellent. Go get 'em! |
| 2 weeks 3 days ago | Citeh!!! |
Well done, Mancini! The enemy of my enemy is my friend. |
| 2 weeks 6 days ago | Major issue |
OK, this is going to be long, so I apologize in advance. I work in the film world and we recently held the World Premiere of a film called AMERICAN MAN, a documentary about Kevin Turner, a former fullback at Alabama who played in the NFL with the Patriots and Eagles. Kevin suffered multiple diagnosed and likely many undiagnosed concussions during his career and has since developed ALS, a rare, incurable, and fatal brain disease. Except it is not that rare in former football players. Kevin and his family attended our screening of the film, as did former NFL LB and Hall of Famer Harry Carson, who spoke eloquently about the damage concussions have caused him. Harry stood at the mic and said that if he could go back in time, he NEVER would have played football. Kevin Turner said his sons are now not allowed to play football. One of the things that happened on with this screening, which took place just prior to the NFL Draft (my film festival is in FL), was that many of the draftees were nearby doing media training and pre-draft training at IMG in Bradenton. They were working with a sponsor who brought them in (and we're talking 6 of the top 10 picks in the draft) to film the "draft experience". We spoke to their hosts, who were very interested in having them attend our screening, walk the red carpet and speak to the press as part of their media training (being a glitzy "film festial" helped this idea as well). But when the sponsor heard what AMERICAN MAN was about, they pulled the player's participation, clearly not wanting to offend the NFL or to "cause controversy" by having players attend a film that took a hard and serious look at player health and safety. You look at Kevin and his story, the toll this disease has taken on him, stand next to the man and hear him talk and it is clear that football, from pee wee through the NFL has to take player injuries and health far more seriously.
Junior Seau's suicide is a tragedy, but the fact that it is at all "controversial" is a joke. I am a lifelong fan of the game, a Michigan Alum who has never missed a single down for decades, and a huge fan of the Detroit Lions since my childhood in the 1970's. That said, I have no respect for the business side of this sport. At all. The NFL treats its retired players health like shit and the machismo of "toughness and discipline" is a disaster for taking a serious look at player health and safety.
Seau's suicide, the Saints "bounty" program, Kurt Warner facing criticism for wanting to prevent his kids from playing-- all of this points to a sport that is completely at odds with the realities of the damage it causes. I would never seek to ban football, but there is so much more that could be done to help players, to monitor their health, to make health and safety a priority over the "win at any cost" mentality, the "kill shot" mentality that dominates the game. I think the NFL should be setting a clear example with a comprehensive player health and safety program that lasts a lifetime for all players, that puts an end to the helmet to helmet hits, that uses real action to support the lip service the game pays to former players.
Having stood next to a man who faces a likely death sentence for having played the game he loves, it is clear to me that whatever is being said and done is not even a small percentage of what is required. Why are so many former players so angry at the league and the game? The NFL billions need to be invested into lifelong support of the men to generate that money. Period.
You can read more about Kevin Turner here:
http://www.kevinturnerfoundation.org/ Here is NFL Hall Of Famer Harry Carson's report from our festival: Other players who have developed ALS: Steve Gleason, New Oreleans saints Steve Smith, FB, Oakland Raiders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsa6m_ak8o
This is a real issue and Amani should respect the experience of those who love the game and have suffered more than he. |
| 3 weeks 5 days ago | PS |
We're in the Europa League because we won the League Cup. FA Cup final next weekend will see if we do a domestic cup double. It's not CL, but it's progress... |
| 3 weeks 5 days ago | Class |
Form is temporary, class is permanent. 18 League titles, 5 European Cups, best supporters in the world! |
| 3 weeks 6 days ago | congrats! |
Do us proud! |
| 4 weeks 2 days ago | uh |
City!!!!! |
| 26 weeks 3 days ago | we have not met |
but I love you for the Scott Joplin reference, because it is true. I thought the (video of) the show was great and think the band should be encouraged to be timely and have fun. If the stadium is going to play piped in music all the time, why not have the band have fun with it? |
