Quote:
Originally Posted by fire95bird
I never said anything about rugby....and being a QB isn't athletic? putting a ball in a receivers hands 40 yards away, or shooting it in between 3 defenders? what about when a LB reads the flow of the play and the RB and the QB then has to make the tackle? That's not athletic? I've prob said this 3 times but I'm not taking anything away from any sport im just saying don't take anything away from football
|
Football defiently requires a lot of skill and athleticism. But you brought in bench pressing and squatting. Just because somebody has power does not make them athletic. Truth be told there are some very athletic football players. Linebackers and Running Backs come to mine. However there are also fat slobs with a lot of strength and little else. Strength, speed, muscle stamina, cardio endurance- all those things add up to a good athlete.
The Rugby thing was a knee-jerk response to the fact that many football players consider their sport to be the pinnacle of physical demand. Not meant to be a shot at football, really.