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Originally posted by evenodds
I am watching the show. Not all of the actors are Canadian. (DH, for example, is the brother of Cuba Gooding.)
Frankly, I am surprised the average life span is so high. I talked to my ex last night about the show and he thinks it does a great job portrying the team and off-field issues -- though it condenses five or ten guys' problems into one person.
Of my friends who played professionally, I cannot think of a single one who left his time in the league unscarred. Whether it is a slight limp, or difficulty moving around in the morning, or some cognitive difficulties (as a result of the constant head trauma), they all have some remnant of their playing days.
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Another thing is that apparenlty a lot of the linebackers (?) turn into motherjumpin hugesters from continuing to overeat to the extreme without doing the exercise, and then die of obesity related shit by their late thirties and early forties. I know this from watching Real Sports.
