Originally Posted by
niveklaen
The NFL could field a team that with a year of sport specific training could be very competitive at the collegiate level in any other sport.
The NBA could field a team that with a year of sport specific training could be very competitive at the collegiate level in any sport other than American football.
No other sport has athletes that could compete at the collegiate level in basketball or American football.
Pardon, but how many NFLers could hit a curve ball? Maybe one percent? How many could pitch 90+ hour fastballs and control a breaking pitch. One percent? This is ridiculous.
None of these guys could compete in tennis, swimming, diving, soccer.
NBA? Same objections. You might get a few pitchers out of the NBA -- thinking of old-timers Gene Conley and Dave DeBusschere. A year of sport-specific training. Did you ever hear of the 10,000-hour rule?
Sage Grouse
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