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TheUnholyGhost  2 stars
Title: Mr. Subtle
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Registered: 2000-4-4 13:21:40
_sooz_ posted:

I will confess i havent followed football much this year, so i'll take your word for it. I need to start following scores etc again, i got out of the habit!



After sitting in third most of the year, they just dropped to 4th, but are still 5 points clear of Chelsea and Newcastle, with only 8 games to go.

Looks like it will be Champions League football next year, as long as they don't fall apart.

 

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Immortal_Haze  2 stars
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Registered: 2002-1-31 17:54:09
TheUnholyGhost posted:

Immortal_Haze posted:

What's funny is how wrong TUG is regarding obesity rates among football players.



http://www.morssglobalfinance.com/obesity-and-health-costs/

'Many US children look up to NFL football players. Most NFL football players are overweight and half are obese by Table 1 standards. If you look only at inner linemen (guards, tackles and centers), 36 are morbidly obese and there is only one player out of 295 that is not obese. If symbols are important, the image of obese men running around football fields for large sums of money on Sunday is not good. In the rest of the world, soccer is the dominant sport. Most soccer players are not overweight.'

It's on the INTERNET! So it must be true.



You can't be dumb enough to still believe in BMI...not to mention that's got to be one of the most idiotic blogs I've ever read.

Try some real science

Oh snap...

Quote from the second... "Furthermore, the body mass index is not an accurate measure or representation of body fat or obesity in NFL players."

 

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_sooz_  4 stars
Posts: 1,256
Registered: 2004-12-4 11:40:44
TheUnholyGhost posted:

_sooz_ posted:

I will confess i havent followed football much this year, so i'll take your word for it. I need to start following scores etc again, i got out of the habit!



After sitting in third most of the year, they just dropped to 4th, but are still 5 points clear of Chelsea and Newcastle, with only 8 games to go.
Looks like it will be Champions League football next year, as long as they don't fall apart.



Sweet

 

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JD_HOGG  4 stars
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Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
TheUnholyGhost posted:

See? Even Sooz is on my side.

Now I'm sure I'm right.



Now I'm sure that you are the SHADOW MAN!
-Abysmal-  4 stars
Posts: 1,328
Registered: 2000-12-20 06:45:24
TheUnholyGhost posted:

Immortal_Haze posted:

What's funny is how wrong TUG is regarding obesity rates among football players.



http://www.morssglobalfinance.com/obesity-and-health-costs/

'Many US children look up to NFL football players. Most NFL football players are overweight and half are obese by Table 1 standards. If you look only at inner linemen (guards, tackles and centers), 36 are morbidly obese and there is only one player out of 295 that is not obese. If symbols are important, the image of obese men running around football fields for large sums of money on Sunday is not good. In the rest of the world, soccer is the dominant sport. Most soccer players are not overweight.'

It's on the INTERNET! So it must be true.



is that the stupid chart in the doc's office?

go tell every running back that they are obese, well other than Woodhead.

 

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_sooz_  4 stars
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Registered: 2004-12-4 11:40:44
-Abysmal- posted:

even TUG was smart enough to call it the right name...WTF!



I did call it the right name, it's football. And American football is American football.

 

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ikkoikki  4 stars
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Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
_sooz_ posted:

-Abysmal- posted:

even TUG was smart enough to call it the right name...WTF!



I did call it the right name, it's football. And American football is American football.



No, you're wrong. European football is called Feetball, because you use both your feet. And American is called Football, because you use one foot to kick the ball.

 

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_sooz_  4 stars
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Registered: 2004-12-4 11:40:44
ikkoikki posted:

_sooz_ posted:

-Abysmal- posted:

even TUG was smart enough to call it the right name...WTF!



I did call it the right name, it's football. And American football is American football.



No, you're wrong. European football is called Feetball, because you use both your feet. And American is called Football, because you use one foot to kick the ball.



That, dear sir, is Bollocks of the highest order

 

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TheUnholyGhost  2 stars
Title: Mr. Subtle
Posts: 271
Registered: 2000-4-4 13:21:40
Ohhhh, so they're not obese, the BMI chart is what's messed up.

When 100 pounds of flab hangs over their shorts, their necks are 80% jiggly, they have pornstar size boobs, and 20 seconds of effort requires oxygen....it's the BMI chart that's doing them injustice.


Wait, wait....

 

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-Abysmal-  4 stars
Posts: 1,328
Registered: 2000-12-20 06:45:24
TheUnholyGhost posted:

Ohhhh, so they're not obese, the BMI chart is what's messed up.
When 100 pounds of flab hangs over their shorts, their necks are 80% jiggly, they have pornstar size boobs, and 20 seconds of effort requires oxygen....it's the BMI chart that's doing them injustice.

Wait, wait....



so you would consider a RB who is say 5'11" and 220 obese right?

they are fairly common, and pretty damn well in shape.

hell, Reggie Bush, you can look up your own half naked pics if you like, is overweight.

no one is disputing lineman being fatasses, but they are not even half of the team.

 

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