I try to stay away from these talks. The ones that start, "the greatest QB ever is " fill in the blank. It is a beauty is in the eye of the beholder kind of thing.
Well, despite my best efforts, last night I was coerced into one of these. I will not give you the details of what started it but the part that got me venting is the idea that any athlete of 50 years ago, could be compared to any athlete today. Today's athlete is so much bigger, faster and better trained with better nutrition. Today's athlete is competing against other athletes with the same advantages and scouts that now scour the whole world. Jim Brown, what he did in his era was awesome, today, doubt he would make the team. 6'2 and 230, please, he was a bruiser, a crushing runner back then, today, most LB's are that same size. I just cannot argue Jim Brown was the greatest of all time, he was the greatest of HIS time but we now live in a different world.
I try to stay away from these talks. The ones that start, "the greatest QB ever is " fill in the blank. It is a beauty is in the eye of the beholder kind of thing.
Well, despite my best efforts, last night I was coerced into one of these. I will not give you the details of what started it but the part that got me venting is the idea that any athlete of 50 years ago, could be compared to any athlete today. Today's athlete is so much bigger, faster and better trained with better nutrition. Today's athlete is competing against other athletes with the same advantages and scouts that now scour the whole world. Jim Brown, what he did in his era was awesome, today, doubt he would make the team. 6'2 and 230, please, he was a bruiser, a crushing runner back then, today, most LB's are that same size. I just cannot argue Jim Brown was the greatest of all time, he was the greatest of HIS time but we now live in a different world.
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