American football is a lot like bad gym

[unogueen]

You do one set and then feed in as much rest that 5 minutes of work balloons to twenty minutes. Like the beauty of olympic hockey is not watching people idle as much, like a game on ice should.

[AlwaysDyingX]

The best athletes in the world are NFL players. 

 

 

Hockey rotates players in and out every 30-40 seconds and never forget:

 

 

 

 

 

Literally no one cares about hockey. 

 

[best3444]

1 minute ago, BasemntDweller2 said:

The best athletes in the world are NBA players. 

 

 

 

Yup.

[TUFKAK]

21 minutes ago, BasemntDweller2 said:

The best athletes in the world are NFL players. 

 

 

Hockey rotates players in and out every 30-40 seconds and never forget:

 

 

 

 

 

Literally no one cares about hockey. 

 

No one outside of America cares about football so.

[Keyser_Soze]

Soccer players are the best athletes because they run 50 miles in 90 minutes.

[Chris-]

Pound for pound the best athletes are probably gymnasts. 

[best3444]

2 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Soccer players are the best athletes because they run 50 miles in 90 minutes.

 

Keyword is run. That's all they do 90% of the time. Go watch 6'9 men run, jump, defensive slide, dunk, layup, pass, jump ball, screen, etc. They are not human. 

[SimpleG]

I lean towards NFL players but NBA gotta be neck and neck with them and rugby players have to be up there as well.

Take Vernon Davis as an example 

254 pounds

4.39 40 yard dash

225 lb bench 33 reps

42 inch vert

 

[Keyser_Soze]

54 minutes ago, best3444 said:

Keyword is run. That's all they do 90% of the time. Go watch 6'9 men run, jump, defensive slide, dunk, layup, pass, jump ball, screen, etc. They are not human. 

 

Run, jump, slide for 90 minutes. Yeah 6'9" men do pass (with their hands) and dunk but they don't do it for longer than 8 minutes at a time.

 

Also kind of like SimpleG said, Rugby players too  (but I didn't want it to go to @gamer.tv's head ) since it is like football and soccer combined.

[Biggie]

They may not be the most in shape athletes but baseball players are the most gifted by far. Hitting a baseball is the most difficult thing to do in sports.

[Amazatron]

25 minutes ago, Biggie said:

They may not be the most in shape athletes but baseball players are the most gifted by far. Hitting a baseball is the most difficult thing to do in sports.

 

Hitting a baseball off a MLB quality pitcher, sure. Just the same as you trying to defend a NBA basketball player or tackle an NFL running back. Not a chance in hell.

[AlwaysDyingX]

1 hour ago, TUFKAK said:

No one outside of America cares about football so.

 

 

No one inside or outside of America cares about hockey so. 

[TUFKAK]

On 4/15/2023 at 8:31 AM, BasemntDweller2 said:

 

 

No one inside or outside of America cares about hockey so. 

K

 

inform the ioc

 

looking forward to the finish vs Swedish football gold medal game. 🇺🇸

[Jason]

On 4/15/2023 at 6:22 AM, BasemntDweller2 said:

The best athletes in the world are NFL players. 

 

 

Hockey rotates players in and out every 30-40 seconds and never forget:

 

 

 

 

 

Literally no one cares about hockey. 

 

 

[The def star]

On 4/15/2023 at 8:30 AM, Amazatron said:

 

Hitting a baseball off a MLB quality pitcher, sure. Just the same as you trying to defend a NBA basketball player or tackle an NFL running back. Not a chance in hell.

The difference is many baseball players can compete against other pros in football or in the NBA but players from those sports don't always translate well into baseball. I'm not saying that baseball is the most athletic sport cuz it isn't but it's the hardest to be a pro at.

[Brick]

On 4/15/2023 at 9:22 AM, BasemntDweller2 said:

Literally no one cares about hockey. 

 

*Sad Canadian noises*

[Amazatron]

1 hour ago, The def star said:

The difference is many baseball players can compete against other pros in football or in the NBA but players from those sports don't always translate well into baseball. I'm not saying that baseball is the most athletic sport cuz it isn't but it's the hardest to be a pro at.

What primarily baseball players transitioned into other pro sports? Bo Jackson played NFL first, Deion Sanders prioritized football, Jordan well…

[Keyser_Soze]

4 minutes ago, Amazatron said:

What primarily baseball players transitioned into other pro sports? Bo Jackson played NFL first, Deion Sanders prioritized football, Jordan well…

 

[The def star]

33 minutes ago, Amazatron said:

What primarily baseball players transitioned into other pro sports? Bo Jackson played NFL first, Deion Sanders prioritized football, Jordan well…

John Elway, Patrick Mahomes and this guy named Tom Brady all got drafted in the MLB but decided to go with football.

[Fizzzzle]

I don't think you will find anyone in any sport that can match the level of power and speed of an NFL player, except gymnasts.

 

That's the thing, though, it kind of depends how you define athleticism. track and field athletes are amazing, but their abilities are very narrowly focused.

[Amazatron]

6 hours ago, The def star said:

John Elway, Patrick Mahomes and this guy named Tom Brady all got drafted in the MLB but decided to go with football.

So QBs can just casually be drafted by MLB. That proves the opposite of your point.

[Biggie]

6 hours ago, The def star said:

John Elway, Patrick Mahomes and this guy named Tom Brady all got drafted in the MLB but decided to go with football.

Kyler Murray 

[unogueen]

Noticing a lack of dancers mentioned. For all the fey implications, prospective pro ballet dancers do grade six to 12 with four hours of basically gym five days a week. 10 on Saturdays. Sunday is cheat day. Seriously name any number of horror institutions for children, and I'll point out that a top 10 ballet school is a post-college budget equivalent solution to barely see your child, if ever.

[unogueen]

On 4/15/2023 at 9:22 AM, BasemntDweller2 said:

The best athletes in the world are NFL players. 

 

 

Hockey rotates players in and out every 30-40 seconds and never forget:

 

 

 

 

 

Literally no one cares about hockey. 

 

The version of sumo from your eugenic society don't impress me much:

Pretty funny to think that her ex-husband indoctrinated her to a cult to keep her pliant, and I don't think the story made it past the first day.

[GoldenTongue]

Seems a bit stupid comparing athletes from one sport, to another, as though they all follow the same type of training programming.

 

But seeing as how each sport has specificity principles applied to resistance training/conditioning as well as the sport-specific training/practice, it seems myopic to try to compare one to another, especially considering the fact that a number of athletes have performed well in multiple sports at the professional level, and it isn't terribly uncommon to see some degree of crossover at lower levels.

[unogueen]

On 4/21/2023 at 10:13 AM, GoldenTongue said:

Seems a bit stupid comparing athletes from one sport, to another, as though they all follow the same type of training programming.

 

But seeing as how each sport has specificity principles applied to resistance training/conditioning as well as the sport-specific training/practice, it seems myopic to try to compare one to another, especially considering the fact that a number of athletes have performed well in multiple sports at the professional level, and it isn't terribly uncommon to see some degree of crossover at lower levels.

Specificity is the game. But which specificity. How long is the average NFL career compared to NBA, MLB, NHL, etc.?

[best3444]

7 hours ago, unogueen said:

Specificity is the game. But which specificity. How long is the average NFL career compared to NBA, MLB, NHL, etc.?

 

An NFL career is at LEAST 5 years shorter than other pro athletes.

[The def star]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:05 PM, Amazatron said:

So QBs can just casually be drafted by MLB. That proves the opposite of your point.

More like average baseball players can dominate in football