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[Hauldren Collider]

Football is boring and dumb. Fact. However Hockey, remarkably, is worse for your body than football.

[Al B. Sure!]

The fact that hockey players put far more effort and heart into the play, sacrificing their bodies regularly to win a game, is just another reason why it is by far a superior sport to football.

Excuse me?

[Al B. Sure!]

How the **** can you call football cerebral when 90% of the players on the field probably have an IQ in the 60s?

You realize NFL players take an IQ test before the draft right? It's called a Wonderlic score. The average NFL QB has an IQ of 108. Not geniuses... but still higher than the population average. Offensive tackles average 112.

[Asher]

Excuse me?

You're excused.

They're running at far lower speeds wearing far more protective gear than hockey players. There's no contest.





Hockey players are kind of notorious badasses physically. Hell, just in the last playoffs, Duncan Keith was hit in the mouth with a puck and lost 7 teeth. He went in for a couple injections to numb the mouth, then he went and finished the rest of the ****ing game.

[Al B. Sure!]

Hockey players are moving far faster? My bad... you weren't snorting coke. You were smoking crack rocks.

One, they're on a ****ing friction-less surface... but anyway, what would you think is average speed for a hockey player? I'm googling that the record is around the rink in 13.56 seconds which if the rink if 550ft around, assuming a constant rate on the ice, means moving the distance of a football field in 7.4 seconds.

Now, this guy was the fastest ever apparently so let's say the typical hockey player can cover 100 yards in 9 seconds... Does that sound reasonable, Asher?

Yes, that's going to be faster than an NFL player but not by as much as you seem to think. NFL WR's, DB's, and RB's can typically run 100 yards in 10 seconds.

[Al B. Sure!]

Hockey players are kind of notorious badasses physically. Hell, just in the last playoffs, Duncan Keith was hit in the mouth with a puck and lost 7 teeth. He went in for a couple injections to numb the mouth, then he went and finished the rest of the ****ing game.

What does that mean? You act like NFL players don't play with broken hands, broken ribs, etc. all the ****ing time!

[Asher]

Hockey players are moving far faster? My bad... you weren't snorting coke. You were smoking crack rocks.

One, they're on a ****ing friction-less surface... but anyway, what would you think is average speed for a hockey player? I'm googling that the record is around the rink in 13.56 seconds which if the rink if 550ft around, assuming a constant rate on the ice, means moving the distance of a football field in 7.4 seconds.

Why the **** would you assume a constant rate on the ice?? Those times include 4 turns. They SIGNIFICANTLY slow down the speed.

You clearly know nothing about sports if you think NFL players move faster than NHL players on ice.

[Asher]

What does that mean? You act like NFL players don't play with broken hands, broken ribs, etc. all the ****ing time!

Oh, poor babies. This also happens all the ****ing time in hockey, which is why I don't bring it up.

I have yet to see people who require 24 hours of restorative work in the dental chair -- 7 tooth implants and bone grafts, etc to fix the broken ****ing jaws -- get back on the field AND RESUME PLAYING MINUTES LATER. It just doesn't happen in football.

[Al B. Sure!]

Jack Youngblood played in the NFC championship, Super Bowl XIV, AND the god damn Pro Bowl all with a ****ing broken leg!

[Asher]

So what? I couldn't even name all of the hockey players who have played many games on broken legs, arms, wrists, hands, jaws, etc. It's very common.

[Al B. Sure!]

So what? I couldn't even name all of the hockey players who have played many games on broken legs, arms, wrists, hands, jaws, etc. It's very common.

I can't name how many players play with broken arms, wrists, hands, jaws, etc. in the NFL. It's very common. Playing with broken ribs is absurdly common.

Broken legs are trickier because you ****ing need your legs in football more than you do in hockey. There's no footfall impact in hockey.

[Asher]

Broken legs are trickier because you ****ing need your legs in football more than you do in hockey.

I'm more convinced than ever you don't know anything about sports.

[Al B. Sure!]

I'm more convinced than ever you don't know anything about sports.

Are you stomping the ground when you're skating around on ice? Is this impact?

[Asher]

Are you stopping the ground? What does that even mean?

Look, here are facts:

1) Hockey players wear less protective gear than football players
2) Hockey players move at higher rates of speed on the ice than football players do on the turf
3) A hockey puck to the body will cause far more damage than a football to the body given that:
3a) it is far more dense than a football
3b) it is shot at far higher rates of speed (90-105mph)
3c) hockey players routinely intentionally drop infront of a shot to block it with their body

Given all of the above, it is patently clear hockey players are tougher and more badass than pansy football players.

[Al B. Sure!]

Byron Leftwich playing a college game with a broken leg... the only reason why he was carried down on that play was because they were trying to muster a comeback and were in a no huddle offense and there was, as you can see, a big play so rather than have Leftwich hobble down field and take precious time off the clock, the lineman carried him.

That is only notable because of the scene of teamwork and camaraderie represented by the linemen carrying their QB. Many QB's have played with similar injuries (McNabb played with a broken ankle a few seasons ago).