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The main reason why rugby appears so much more honest next to the NFL is that it isn't anywhere as popular. Let rugby attain the same level of popularity as football, baseball or basketball in the United States, and all that honesty, innocence, lack of commercialism--however you want to phrase it--will be out the window so fast, your head will be spinning.
Indeed. The big money and big coverage ruins a lot of guys.
What I don't get is the money, being a professional player sometimes negates the basic values and common sense.
OK, I'm a star so normal doesn't apply to be anymore??? Some players handle it so well and others not so much! Of course, the media adds to the issue by dwelling on the negatives, anything for press!
Many players do a great deal for their home communities plus their football cities, and you don't hear about those stories as much. Living close to the Packers, I hear good stories but you can go out on the internet, find plenty of negative ones, sometimes easier than good ones!
Packers is a unique situation because they are very open and not secretive because of the fans being shareholders in the team.
What I don't get is the money, being a professional player sometimes negates the basic values and common sense.
OK, I'm a star so normal doesn't apply to be anymore??? Some players handle it so well and others not so much! Of course, the media adds to the issue by dwelling on the negatives, anything for press!
Many players do a great deal for their home communities plus their football cities, and you don't hear about those stories as much. Living close to the Packers, I hear good stories but you can go out on the internet, find plenty of negative ones, sometimes easier than good ones!
Packers is a unique situation because they are very open and not secretive because of the fans being shareholders in the team.
It may have nothing to do with money. Who is to say those players had any values or common sense to begin with?
The main reason why rugby appears so much more honest next to the NFL is that it isn't anywhere as popular. Let rugby attain the same level of popularity as football, baseball or basketball in the United States, and all that honesty, innocence, lack of commercialism--however you want to phrase it--will be out the window so fast, your head will be spinning.
That's probably of what happened to the NFL years and years ago before it became popular. Back then before that baseball was mostly the talk including boxing. During the turn of the 1990's you didn't have the teams anymore like you used to due to salary cap.
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