The Excuse of "american heavyweights playing nfl"

[Haglerwins]

Why did someone mention Brock Lesnar here? Brock didn't make it in football because he wasn't necessarily talented enough. The NFL just comes with skill position conditioning and a lot of field memorization stuff. I remember coaches saying he was "a project" i.e. just a physical specimen (duh he hadn't balled in forever).

Brock was going up against, trying to get a job as a newb against NFL vets, the draft/farm system. He had 1 camp to beat out experienced guys and make the official roster. Not comparable.

[-The Game-]

Why did someone mention Brock Lesnar here? Brock didn't make it in football because he wasn't necessarily talented enough. The NFL just comes with skill position conditioning and a lot of field memorization stuff. I remember coaches saying he was "a project" i.e. just a physical specimen (duh he hadn't balled in forever).

Brock was going up against, trying to get a job as a newb against NFL vets, the draft/farm system. He had 1 camp to beat out experienced guys and make the official roster. Not comparable.

Agreed.....people are being silly by saying that if LeBron was to box today,he would lose and this proves that athletism doesnt mean you will be good at boxing.....

Obviosuly if he had taken boxing from an early age, he would have at more of a chance....

Its funny because people will say that the rason Roy Jones became shot so early is because he relied more on his athletism than his boxing skills.....but god forbid that a sportman, who exibits amazing athletism at another sport, would have done well at boxing had he taken the sport at a young age....

[BuckToothed]

Then you haven't seen rugby league. MUCH faster than Union and NFL combined.

not to mention the lack of protective gears...
Rugby is far more dangerous than American Football.

[Spray_resistant]

Its easy to credit fighters and talk about how great they could be when they are imaginary isn't it?

Here in real life though the K bros and even Haye put the time in as youths and had what it took to get to the top level of the sport. It takes a very special person to do that, its a one in probably billions of a shot that it could happen so I am not going to say alternate universe Lebron would have had a shot at being a great or even decent fighter because its totally baseless.

[Pirao]

Last year Floyd Mayweather grossed the second most amount of money in the world. The only guy that he was behind was Tiger Woods. Boxing is very lucrative if you are a superstar.



I can name more that was just for argument sake. I know the English know nothing about good Tennis or Golf but in America guys like Sampras and Aggasi(tennis) made boat loads and in Golf Woods and Mickelson(golf) made crazy amounts too.

I can name more too. And?

[Pirao]

Jesus christ when americans try we rule everything,i bet if our athletes played soccer we would be the best,we compete at a high level even though soccer is even more fringe then boxing,but bash me whatever i wake up in the great states and i fall asleep in the same great states.

LMAO. USA will never win a World Cup in your lifetime and that's a fact.

[Check]

not to mention the lack of protective gears...
Rugby is far more dangerous than American Football.

The biggest myth about outsiders with football. Football used to be played with little to no padding and leather helmets. There is a reason why the game is now played with padding and real helmets. The speed of American Football, the size and strength is bar none greater than any sport in the world.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Not true....

The English media hyped England to the hilt....and when you lost...it was mostly Capello's fault.......

Nah there was definitely more of a backlash against the players than usual. Usually we blame refs or something. Capello was at fault as were the players.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

The biggest myth about outsiders with football. Football used to be played with little to no padding and leather helmets. There is a reason why the game is now played with padding and real helmets. The speed of American Football, the size and strength is bar none greater than any sport in the world.

If rugby players took steroids and wore gay padding, they'd dominate NFL.

[Earl-Hickey]

Thread starter is clearly a troll.

but I see he attracted some less obvious trolls to this thread