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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: John S
I have debated this topic with a number of fellow collectors. Why is it that early professional football players, collectibles, etc. do not seem to be as revered as their baseball contemporaries? |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Joe D.
John, |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Joe Brennan
John, I couldn't agree more. Most old time football players are rarely mentioned. Two things are the cause of it. First, the game has continued to evolve into the game it is today. Unlike baseball we would not recognize the game played 60 years ago. The 2nd reason is most avid football fans are very young (16-35) and relate to the modern game. Baseball fans are all old farts and most can still remember Ty Cobb and Matty playing. Baseball is too slow of a game for the instant gratification for most of the youth of today and they lose interest over a 162 game season. |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Joe Brennan
John, I couldn't agree more. Most old time football players are rarely mentioned. Two things are the cause of it. First, the game has continued to evolve into the game it is today. Unlike baseball we would not recognize the game played 60 years ago. The 2nd reason is most avid football fans are very young (16-35) and relate to the modern game. Baseball fans are all old farts and most can still remember Ty Cobb and Matty playing. Baseball is too slow of a game for the instant gratification for most of the youth of today and they lose interest over a 162 game season. |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Pete Z.
No disrespect intended, but with Japan's aging population due to low birthrates and increased longevity, I couldn't help but think you meant 30% of Japan's population is under 30. I couldn't find the direct statistic, but looking at the following it's clear there's something awry with your citation: |
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Posted By: joe brennan
Pete, Saw that statistic on a special for survivors of the bomb. I may be just off as I think the correct statistic was 70% of the Japanese population was born after 1970. |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Michael Moran
Imagine if baseball started having nine players who came up to bat (offense) and a different nine players who went out into the field (defense). Unlimited substitution in football completely changed the game - I'd say it was more of a mutation than evolution. Yes, the linemen are much bigger, but how many minutes do they actually play? I think that's the reason comparisons are so hard, and that may be another reason, in addition to those mentioned above, that football doesn't cherish its past the way baseball does. |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Bill Christensen
I think the most important thing when you compare baseball to football is that baseball is a 'statistics' game and football was/is not. Most bb people know what 714 & 511 are but can any moderate fb person say how many yards Grange or Nevers or Thorpe or whomever had in any year? |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Mike McKee
I am not sure it is a lack of respect as much as it is a lack of knowledge and the game just being a different experience. |
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Olde-tyme football...a lack of respect?
Posted By: Johnny Mckay
I think a lot of it has to do with the contract that the NFL has with NFL Films. It seems to me that NFL Films only has footage that they shot themselves from the 60's and later. Anything earlier and they would have to buy the rights which I guess they don't want to do. So they only package footage of the late stuff. If they have very little footage of someone like Jim Brown, then you can probably forget about seeing guys like Tuffy Leemans anytime soon. Which is a shame because in baseball or even basketball, they have tons of footage of old world series and playoff games of Russell and Chamberlain on youtube. |
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