NFL- losing interest

**boitoirich** · 03-30-2014, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by dankrutka

Wow. This is dated. And how is Carmello Anthony "gangsta?" He's hardly ever been in trouble (maybe a DUI, which hardly qualifies) and does lots of community work.

There seems to be some confirmation bias going on here. Even though there are 1,700 NFL players, people think they're all "thugs" and cite 2 examples while ignoring all the information that goes against their hypotheses.

What's more, there are actual thugs during actual professional sports matches. In hockey, they are called "enforcers." To me, they're just common thugs and need to be suspended for multiple games and pay sizeable fines. Could you imagine if a hockey fight broke out in the NBA? No one would talk about "the code." Metta World Peace wouldn't be heralded as an enforcer. We do know, however, what he would be called.

**Dubya61** · 03-31-2014, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by BrettM2

There are 53 players on 32 teams...

That is an INCREDIBLE roster size isn't it? I think it's double every other major league sport.

**BrettM2** · 03-31-2014, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Dubya61

That is an INCREDIBLE roster size isn't it? I think it's double every other major league sport.

At least. And that's only the active roster... I think each team has an 8 player reserve unit.

NBA has 15 players. I think MLB has around 23?

**ou48A** · 03-31-2014, 04:28 PM

My interest in the NFL is at a point where I couldn't care less about it other than wanting the OU players to do well.
I have always hated the NBA and that hasn't changed.
I really don't like professional sports anymore.
College football (mostly OU) and some of the other OU sports are about all that I follow anymore.