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04-21-2006, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Buckeyeskickbuttocks
Football players are also like chess peices. So what?
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So you can make metaphorical comparisons between football and chess too--or war and chess. That's what. |
04-21-2006, 11:55 AM
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Football players are also like chess peices. So what?
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So, which position would you consider to be the Queen and which is the King?
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04-21-2006, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ArtilleryBuck
So, which position would you consider to be the Queen and which is the King?
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Hard to say, I guess it could change... Queen being the most versitle player - the one guy who can hurt you in more was than one. The king, I guess, should be the QB since he requires the protection...
The chess metaphor is more a coaching metaphor than a players metaphor, I guess.
Bay, I was just giving you a little lip. I know what you're meaning when you say metaphor.  And, of course, Chess has also been considered a 'war game" to the extent that strategery and finding opponants weaknesses are concerned.
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04-21-2006, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Thump
It's tough to make a blanket statement about courage.
Are there courageous athletes, yes, does just playing a sport or getting injured make you courageous, no.
Here are some athletes I consider courageous, Jesse Owens, Lee Elder, Jackie Robinson.
People who faced enormous racial heat while trying to break into a sport.
I'm sure there are other examples I am forgetting but this is just my personal opinion.
I consider astronauts, soldiers, firemen, and some cops as at the top of the courageous scale.
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well said.
I think that most professional athletes probably showed more courage growing up (especially if they were in the inner city or if they came from a poor family) then anything they will ever do on the professional field.
to say that any player shows courage by simply playing with an injury is a laughable concept. |
04-21-2006, 04:12 PM
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well said.
I think that most professional athletes probably showed more courage growing up (especially if they were in the inner city or if they came from a poor family) then anything they will ever do on the professional field.
to say that any player shows courage by simply playing with an injury is a laughable concept.
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No, Tibor, it is a use of the word that fits the definition. And the fact that you insult everyone who disagrees with your point of view doesn't make you any more right. It just says that you don't really know how to present a logical argument to support your point of view.
Again, re-read the definition of courage that starts the thread and logically and without derogating others, for just once in your life, present us with a meaningful argument to support your point of view.
Then, having said that, it would take some courage to do that, wouldn't it, given the argument you might make?
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04-21-2006, 04:28 PM
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so? Of course we've heard them. They just mean there are a lot of stupid people around who think football = war. And clearly you are one of them.
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I guess Woody Hayes was a dumbass, then. Moron. Your blatant stupidity never cease to amaze me. Go weave me a carpet...
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