AS CURT GOWDY, CHARLIE JONES OR BRENT MUSBURGER WOULD PROBABLY SAY: “YOU’RE WATCHING LIVE, FROM THE SELDOM VISITED RETIREMENT/HOSPICE HOMES AND NONPROVIDED NFLPA CENTERS FOR ALL FORMER, SURVIVING, DISABLED NFL FAMERS AND PLAYERS.
SUNDAY, 01 AUGUST 2010- THE TED WEBB TAMPA SPORTS RAP REPORT, LIVE FROM THE PRESS BOX AND UNDER THE BLEACHERS:
THE MEDIA SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE RECENT TV PROGRAM AND SERIES REGARDING THE PLIGHTS, WELFARE AND STATUS OF ALL FORMER NFL PLAYERS, FEATURING STRUGGLING BUCS PLAYERS FROM THE PAST.
THE NFL IS A VERY VIOLENT, PHYSICALLY DEMANDING WORKPLACE AND NOT MANY PLAYERS ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE AS ACTIVE TEAM MEMBERS TO REACH THE #9-10 YEARS TO DRAW A LIFELONG PENSION FROM THE LEAGUE AND NFLPA.
I JOIN THE RANKS AND SUPPORT THE DEMAND FOR ATTENTION THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED BY THE GROWING GROUP OF FORMER PLAYERS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY DISABLED DUE TO REPEATED INJURIES AND STRICKEN DISEASES. CONRAD DOBLER WILL ALWAYS BE REGARDED AS A DIRTY PLAYER BUT THE EFFORTS MADE BY HIM AND OTHERS ARE NOT BEING ANSWERED FOR THE MEDICAL SUPPORT AND SOCIAL WELFARE SUPPORT THAT’S NEEDED.
WE ALL ARE LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT NFL PLAYERS ARE HIGHLY PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES AND WILL NOT NEED ANOTHER DIME FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WHEN THEIR PLAYING DAYS ARE OVER.
THIS MAYBE THE CASE FOR NFL PLAYERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT I’M SPEAKING FOR THOSE SURVIVING PLAYERS OF THE 1960’s, 1970’s & 1980’s. IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO SIGNING BONUSES OR MILLION DOLLAR ENDORSEMENT DEALS ON A GRAND SCALE. JOE NAMATH WAS ABLE TO RAISE THE BAR FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WHEN HE SIGNED FOR $400,000 AS A ROOKIE WITH THE NY JETS AND BY BECOMING A SPOKESMAN FOR PRODUCTS LIKE BRUT 33 FABERGE AND EVEN WOMEN’S PANDY HOSES. BUT WHEN YOUR PLAYING DAYS ARE OVER, NO ONE REMEMBERS WHO YOU WERE, NO ONE CARES HOW MANY FOOTBALLS, YOU SIGNED FOR CHARITY AND FOR FANS. YOU’RE JUST A GHOST OR A LEGEND.
“JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK”
I WANT TO MENTION JACK TATUM FOR MOMENT, HE DIED MOST RECENTLY AT 61YRS OLD.
TATUM WAS A GREAT PLAYER AND DESERVES TO RECEIVE THE SAME RESPECT AND HOMAGE, THAT LEGENDARY PLAYERS OF THE SAME CALIBER, WERE KNOWN FOR, JIM BROWN, DICK BUTKUS, RICHARD “TOMBSTONE “ JACKSON, LARRY CZONKA, HOWIE LONG, JACK LAMBERT, EARL CAMPBELL, RONNIE LOTT, MEL BLOUNT, DICK ANDERSON, STEVE ATWATER, CHUCK BEDNARIK, DICK “NIGHT TRAIN” LANE, WILLIE LANIER, DEACON JONES, PAT “THE ACORN” FISCHER AND MANY OTHERS.
I WISH THERE WERE MORE TV PROGRAMS SUCH AS ESPN SPECIALS AND THE NFL NETWORK WHERE FORMER GREAT PLAYERS OF ALL U.S. SPORTS COULD SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, MOMENTS OF GLORY AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE MODERN ERA, FOR PAST AND PRESENT FANS TO WATCH AND ADMIRE. I’M SURE AL DAVIS OF THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WILL PERSONALLY DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR JACK TATUM AND HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE THAT ‘S THE KIND OF APPRECIATIVE NFL CLUB OWNER, AL DAVIS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE.
I’M A AVID COLLECTER OF OLD, FORGOTTEN AND NEW NFL FILMS PRODUCED BY STEVE SABOL THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE ON VHS AND NOW DVD. THESE NFL FILMS WILL ALWAYS HELP PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE NFL.
I WISH MORE NFL CLUBS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE, ANNUAL HALFTIME SHOW ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY NIGHTS WITH AL MICHAELS, DEVOTED TO INVITED PAST TEAM PLAYERS TO BE PRESENT AND HONORED ON THE FIELD BY THEIR CARING FANS FOR THEIR EVERLASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONAL SOCIETY.
THAT’S MY STORY AND I’M STICKING TO IT.
IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN COME AND SEE MY ONE NIGHT ONLY APPEARANCE AT THE FURRY CLAM BAR AND GRILL WITH MY IDOL, COLIN QUINN, AND THE #63- DEAD U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED, SACRIFICED IN AFGHANISTAN FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2010.
WHEN WILL THE CROOKED CONGRESSIONAL POLITICIANS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICYMAKERS CONFESS PUBLICLY THAT CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND ISLAM DON’T MAKE HAPPY, CONFORMING ROOMMATES AND FINALLY ABOLISH THE CONTINUED WAR PROFITEERING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
GIVE CREDIT TO THE LEGENDARY HEAVY METAL BAND- “KISS”, LEAD BY PAUL STANLEY AND GENE SIMMONS FOR ANNOUNCING, THE DONATION OF $1.00 FOR EACH TICKET SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL GULF WAR, RETURNING DISABLED U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS DURING THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED- “ 2010 KISS WORLD TOUR”. AS PAUL STANLEY STATED, NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE BY UNCLE SAM TO HELP OUR U.S. TROOPS, THE U.S WORKING POOR AND FAMILIES.
“BIG PLAYS BY BIG PLAYERS, I LIKE THAT KIND OF PARTY, SEE YA AT CRUNCHTIME!
DURING THE KATRINA FIASCO IN NEW ORLEANS, KANYE WEST SAID IT BEST, “BUSH DOESN’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE”, BUT TO BE MORE ACCURATE, THE EVERMORE, SEPARATED WEALTHY SOCIETIES DON’T CARE ABOUT THE GROWING, ALIENATED RANKS OF POOR AMERICANS. CASE IN POINT IS THE MOST RECENT, $3.5 MILLION, CHELSEA CLINTON WEDDING. NO WONDER, TIMOTHY MCVEIGH WENT NUTS, TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
WHILE THE CONSTANT REAL ESTATE GROWTH OF SINFUL, WEALTHY, PRIVATE COMMUNITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH ARE FLOURISHING, THE COMMON, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES ARE STILL LOSING THEIR HOMES TO THE BANKS, WHO WERE REFINANCED BY THE FEDERAL GOV’T BAILOUT OF 2008-2009.
“FLIRTIN’ WITH DISASTER"- MOLLY HACHET & “MY LIFE’S IN JEOPARDY"- GREG KIHN BAND, SYMBOLIC SONGS FROM THE PAST, THAT NEED TO BE EXPRESSED TODAY!
francissoldier- DIRE STRAITS, FL- 1.1. MILLION AMERICANS UNEMPLOYED, 12% NATIONAL RATE.
