Rod Carew "speaking out - to the commissioner"

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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?

Yes, and running backs are sharing the load more and more. Workhorses are becoming a thing of the past like Complete Games in pithing in baseball.

Running backs on a team are a committee now except for just the very few top guys. Very few even get drafted very high. They are viewed as interchangeable parts.

There were only SEVEN 1,000 yard rushers in the NFL last year and that was with them adding another game to the schedule.