So much for sportsmanship
- Thread starter leinbacker
- Start date
When you keep the QBs off limits for almost any contact, it’s hard for the players to self regulate. Jones certainly shouldn’t be a captain, but the NFL mandates that all QBs are team captains.
Ben Roethlisberger not a captain
The Pittsburgh Steelers named four team captains Monday, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is not one of them.Roethlisberger, who is a two-time captain, did not make the cut following his four-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
www.espn.com
That’s not accurate. A deal was made about the fact that Trey Lance wasn’t named a captain of the 49ers going into the season even though he was the named starter.
Lance was too young and too raw to be named a team captain. He won't even be the starter when he returns. Not unless Brock Purdy gets hurt.
I don’t follow it closely but recall when the nfl came out with the captains stars on the uniform they made all starting QBs captains by default.
Yeah, thirty years ago. I don’t know how much of this is due to Michael Jordan, but there you have it. Not that MJ was flagrantly unsportsmanlike, it’s that he would do zero in a game to help out an opponent. It became a “this is war” mentality.
Sportsmanship is long gone, much like displaying having class among political opponents.
Yes. But that is what made him so dominant. He was competitive to a fault. Unfortunately, the same trait probably contributed to his rumored gambling issues. There’s a difference between having a no mercy attitude in competition and being unsportsmanlike. I, personally, don’t feel like Michael ever crossed that line. For what it’s worth, they say Larry Bird was the biggest trash talker in the NBA, but man could he shoot the lights out.
Sportsmanship is a learned trait. I helped coach youth baseball for many years with my oldest son and I have stood on the sidelines watching many lacrosse games while my youngest son plays. Based on some of the behaviors of the parents and coaches, it’s no wonder young people don’t exhibit sportsmanship. It’s pretty sad actually. Our young have little guidance to learn from.
I mean in the 70s Mel Blount punched a guy in the back and broke his ribs after a play was over and the refs weren’t looking. Mean Joe Greene kicked a guy in the nuts, punched another in the face, and spit in Fran Tarkenton’s face. And those are just examples I know because it was from my favorite team. So I’m not entirely sure there was so much sportsmanship in the past, there just weren’t 1,000 camera angles, talking heads, and concerns for anyone’s safety.
Get unlimited access today.