Rod Carew "speaking out - to the commissioner"

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

How come football players from the 1960s and 70s don't whine about how the game is played very differently today than when they played? Never once heard Len Dawson dumping on Patrick Mahomes for the way he plays. ("Mahomes has to learn how to run a real offense. Throwing 50 passes in the Super Bowl is not how you do it. I threw 17! Players today lack the fundamentals.")

How come no one ever complains that football teams have like 19 coaches on the side lines staring at computer data to determine what plans to run? No one bemoans analytics ruining football.

How come football announcers who are former football players don't spend all game shitting on how the game is played today like John Smoltz and many others? People like Romo actaully seem to enjoy watching the game.

How come?

They do, remember all the jive ass celebrations in the end zone? It was so pathetic they had to pass a rule banning it. Can you imagine, some egotistical wide receiver celebrating in the end zone when his team is down 32-7? Clueless and no class.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

They do, remember all the jive ass celebrations in the end zone? It was so pathetic they had to pass a rule banning it. Can you imagine, some egotistical wide receiver celebrating in the end zone when his team is down 32-7? Clueless and no class.

And they repealed that rule and there have been coordinated group celebrations for years.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Tabe

And they repealed that rule and there have been coordinated group celebrations for years.

Yep, and it's still a pathetic display when your losing by 21 points.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Yep, and it's still a pathetic display when your losing by 21 points.

That I can agree with.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Yep, and it's still a pathetic display when your losing by 21 points.

That’s entirely different than complaining about how basic strategy to play the game has evolved over time.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

That’s entirely different than complaining about how basic strategy to play the game has evolved over time.

It's an entirely different sport, I'm not sure you can compare the two.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

It's an entirely different sport, I'm not sure you can compare the two.

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

When's the last time they changed the rules in rugby, soccer, tennis, curling, archery, any of the classic Olympic sports, golf, volleyball, etc. I don't know the answer, they may have all changed in recent years.

It's the American obsession that all change is good, these changes are not in the best interest of baseball, they're designed to appease the American habit of instant gratification. It's the difference between a European and American lifestyle. Classical music and 80's hair band music, Chess and checkers.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

PONG is.......the rules on PONG are the same as before, and the graphics the same too