Players in all sports are bigger, faster and stronger than years ago, however, they are also more pampered, spoiled and less durable (not all but majority). I understand that part of that 'pampering' and 'spoiling' is the owners protecting their investment and quite often when a player is resting it is at the behest of the Front Office/ GM /Owner.
Many years ago the only way a starting player did not play in a game was due to a real injury and then you may be in danger of losing your spot (unless you were like Hank Aaron, Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth or Dan Marino).
Players today could not survive in the conditions that existed in years past due to their comparative primitive nature. Whether you are talking about equipment (the size of a baseball glove used to be not much bigger than your hand), no real trainers (other than the coach), travel (by bus or train) or the fact the games are a lot 'softer' than they used to be. What would happen to a middle linebacker today if pile drived a Quarterback the way Butkus used to? What would happen to Bill Lambier today if he were around and playing the way he did, etc, etc
Players in all sports are bigger, faster and stronger than years ago, however, they are also more pampered, spoiled and less durable (not all but majority). I understand that part of that 'pampering' and 'spoiling' is the owners protecting their investment and quite often when a player is resting it is at the behest of the Front Office/ GM /Owner.
Many years ago the only way a starting player did not play in a game was due to a real injury and then you may be in danger of losing your spot (unless you were like Hank Aaron, Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth or Dan Marino).
Players today could not survive in the conditions that existed in years past due to their comparative primitive nature. Whether you are talking about equipment (the size of a baseball glove used to be not much bigger than your hand), no real trainers (other than the coach), travel (by bus or train) or the fact the games are a lot 'softer' than they used to be. What would happen to a middle linebacker today if pile drived a Quarterback the way Butkus used to? What would happen to Bill Lambier today if he were around and playing the way he did, etc, etc
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