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Oct 11, 2024
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eyebleedblu
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One got PT and the other didn’t???
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I work with some former BYU football players
Future_Tacos
10/11/24 6:22pm
Not too uncommon.
mulletino
10/11/24 6:22pm
Being a fan is just not their angle.
Plantagenet
10/11/24 7:08pm
Who hurt him?
WaffleCheese
10/11/24 6:29pm
He don’t like you
Peterbilt
10/11/24 6:31pm
I've anecdotally noted that a surprising number of former high-level players in
shoganai
10/11/24 6:42pm
Jim McMahon barely follows football.
Jeffacka
10/11/24 6:44pm
Yes, this...
U.E. McGill
10/11/24 6:59pm
Yup. I know a guy who played RB in college. He has/had no interest in watching
Powerbait DPM
10/11/24 10:41pm
You play the game long enough, at a high enough level, and you’ll inevitably
RevolutionDeathsquad
10/12/24 7:06am
Worked with two former notable BYU players everyone on here would know. One
Chefcurry
10/11/24 6:51pm
One got PT and the other didn’t???
eyebleedblu
10/11/24 9:35pm
Or maybe he just doesn’t care about it anymore and doesn’t want to talk about
Polecat
10/11/24 10:20pm
You just answered my question with a question?
eyebleedblu
10/11/24 11:22pm
Did I?
Polecat
10/11/24 11:53pm
Did you?
eyebleedblu
10/12/24 7:34pm
One got PTSD and one didn't???
AFtotheNW
10/12/24 12:54am
My daughter was a great figure skater. Won every competition she was in from
MormonThug
10/11/24 6:57pm
Um, yeah. That's like figure skating
futbolmaven
10/11/24 7:01pm
analogies are hard aren’t they
MormonThug
10/11/24 7:24pm
Let's break it down: Football fun. Figure skating...bad analogy
futbolmaven
10/11/24 8:34pm
Football does not look that fun to play
BaseCoug
10/12/24 6:20pm
RE: I work with some former BYU football players
Blewis15
10/11/24 7:18pm
I have an friend who had a 12 year career MLB playing for the Pirates, Orioles,
srn7668
10/11/24 7:34pm
I’d switch careers with him in an instant.
zerome4sooners
10/11/24 8:13pm
I would be miserable. Dedicating so much of your life to something that ultimately doesn’t matter. That would suck.
cheezedawg
10/11/24 9:25pm
Yeah, who in their right mind would want to be a pro baseball player?
zerome4sooners
10/11/24 9:44pm
I’m already doing that with my crappy job
Peterbilt
10/11/24 9:46pm
You just described employment.
fredgarvin
10/11/24 10:01pm
When I do my job well, I make a billionaire even richer and contribute to
OverratedHumor
10/11/24 10:01pm
That's like every job in life though.
IronPotato
10/12/24 8:28am
Well, that's what I do every day at work right now
Mitty
10/12/24 8:40am
Well he did play for the pirates, orioles, an Rangers....
CAPX
10/11/24 10:15pm
How dare you. There are DOZENS of us Pirate fans!
coug719
10/12/24 5:40am
^^^ This ^^^ High level athletes are competitors at heart. Regardless of what they accomplished, it’s rare with former
Zach Morris
10/11/24 10:26pm
And others would give anything to play and were not good enough double edgesword
barebones
10/11/24 11:12pm
I was friends with a former D1 player. He said he couldn’t watch football casually because he could only focus on
Beest
10/11/24 7:40pm
I talk frequently with a former defensive standout. Played under Bronco. He says
Real Men Wear Blue
10/11/24 8:41pm
I don’t think Bronco’s wife cared at all for being approached by fans in the
Polecat
10/11/24 10:17pm
RE: I don’t think Bronco’s wife cared at all for being approached by
HiLife
10/12/24 12:49am
I'm related to a former player who casually follows here and there but who
Undefeated
10/11/24 10:28pm
Also, my son plays High School football and I literally can't get him to watch
Undefeated
10/11/24 11:16pm
I was the same way in HS. Didn't watch sports until college.
fattycoug
10/11/24 11:21pm
I have a nephew who was a D1 starting o lineman, he's said he doesn't watch much
UNLVcougar
10/11/24 11:07pm
Isn’t that how Luke Staley is these days??
ITSYABOI
10/12/24 12:42am
Yes
Zip
10/12/24 4:42am
Luke suffers chronic pain due to his days of playing for BYU
Knight-who-says-ni
10/12/24 8:55am
A few fmr NFL players I know see college football as difficult to watch.
BYU-Laie
10/12/24 2:20am
The former players I know love BYU football
pappabear246
10/12/24 4:59am
You would have received more comments if you had said I was in prison with several former Ute football players and they…
Real G Man
10/12/24 5:02am
Sometimes people are good at a sport but never fans of watching it. They enjoyed playing and it paid for school
22jrob22
10/12/24 7:27am
I've learned as I've gotten older that we fans care way more about our team
Mitty
10/12/24 8:37am
Competitive sports are primarily transactional and it starts at a young age.
Odysseus
10/12/24 9:15am
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