what exactly is an "athlete" when it comes to football?
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great physical skills
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Center\nA player position on offense. The center snaps the ball to the quarterback.
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I AM A FRIGGIN FOOTBALL GOD BOW TO ME. (LOL) seriously thoughj a tight end has to run fast and be able to be nimble on their feet. They have to be able to cover their man.
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A player is a man that "plays" the field, a playboy, a man that will do and say anything to have a woan on his arm. A man that thinks keeping a woman bejeweled and sparkly is his demonstration of commitment. Seldom is a player sincere.\n\nHowever, amongst married men that wish to be chic, or cool, in front of their married buddies, they may refer to each other as "player". This is sometimes endearing, for the spouses who may also use the term "tongue in cheek" - but it varys from it's origional implications.\n\nI go a step further...as a coach, I call all of my defensive men "Player" ...  hehe that was a joke!!!!
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Actually studies show that cheerleaders are around the top of the list in being the most athletic in all sports. You have to be able to hold the weight of up to your 3rd to 4th lightest person in your group. Run, jump and bend. Therefore you are working Cardio, flexability and muscle fitness and all to a beat when many have no rhythm.\n\nMy webster pocket definition of sport is athletic game,      fun or play. It says nothing of competition.\n\nSo to answer your question Yes.\n\nAnd no I was not a cheerleader. I just like clearing misconceptions
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He doesn't give his best effort on every play. This is easily misdiagnosed sometimes, because of the scheme, and the play. It usually refers to defensive lineman. Sometimes they are supposed to rush the Qb and sometimes they have to stay put to cover the run, so it looks as if they are not giving the best effort.
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Free agency is a human/workers right the in USA.  Was not started by football players, and no one person has been given credit for it.  The term began to be used in in the NFL in 1992/93 season, when the players were able to collectively get it into a collective bargaining agreement with the club owners.  Anyone not drafted, or under contract is considered a free agent, there are two types restricted and un-restricted.  Here is a link that describes it in some detail.
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Well, as far as I am concerned, Football is still a Sport.\n\nBut the question you are really asking here is: Is the modern overpaid professional Sport (of all kinds, and not just Football) still Sport? \nHere I tend to agree with you. The millions and billions that are pumped into the modern mass media sporting events have ruined the spirit of true sportsmanship and turned the whole scene into nothing more than a branch of show business.\n\nNevertheless there are plenty of decent people left who play their Sport every week as amateurs without getting a single penny for it. That includes many good and decent footballers.
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It might be hard to find ex-nfl or current nfl players. I would suggest you to go to 24 hours fitness and you can hire a trainer there. I remember my friend, ex-nfl running back, worked out at 24 hours fitness and he had a trainer there. When you go there, keep working out. Second, focus on where you play as your position like running back or wide receiver. Otherwise, you can try out for Arena Football League2. Other league scout will watch how you play before offer you a tryout. Good luck.
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To answer this question, you would have to ask yourself the definition of "sport." A sport consists of a physical activity carried out with a recreational purpose for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, self-motivation and a scoring system. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess.\n\nAs you can see, a sport is a physical activity, which cheerleading is, and deals with competition, and I know there are cheerleading competitions. Cheerleading can be done individualy or with a team. So YES! I believe cheerleading is indeed a sport.\n\nTHE ABOVE STATEMENT BY THE OTHER PERSON IS FALSE. READ THE DEFINITION AND YOU WILL SEE THAT A SPORT CAN INDEED BE FOR SELF ENJOYMENT. Thanks.
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sports medicine is simply the medical needs, special procedures, and/or special medicines for athletes.  since athletes require faster healing or more short term remedies due to their profession, treating them requires a different expertise.\n\nhope that helped you out!
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Technically Sammy Eto'o or Ronaldinho would be up there. Physically then your looking at Gerrard but its Thierry isnt it? surely the guy used to be a winger and not even a very good one now is arguably the strongest, quickest and technically most advanced footballer in the world. In my opinion a true athlete.
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Who told you that it's not a sport? It's both athletic and aesthetic. Don't listen to anybody who criticizes your sport, or anything else that you do. After all, who cares what some small-minded pinhead thinks?
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Great running backs are instinctual movers. They have great vision on the field able to see side to side. Also quick and powerful legs. If you want to train work on your legs, strenght them, and practice moving side to side quickly. Just remember a running back knows he's going to get him, but the good ones keeping their legs moving until they're down.
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You obviously have never played the game.  Our football is the ultimate team game.  There are 11 guys on each team on the field at a time.  If one guy doesn't do his job right, their whole team suffers.  The game is a combination of intelligence, strategy, finesse, strength, and power.  \n\nWhat makes this sport stand out is that each position is extremely specialized.  Whereas in other sports, many guys can play different positions, in American football each player has a much more specific role and is detrimental to his team.\n\nThe quarterbacks have to be very intelligent as well as talented.  They have to be able to read the entire defense (11 guys, mind you) and try to figure out who is blitzing, who is covering what receiver, and who is playing a zone.  \n\nThe runningbacks combine speed, finesse, and power.  They are the workhorses.\n\nThe receivers have speed and great hands.\n\nThe offensive linemen aren't your traditional "skill" players.  They have to learn how to use their size to their advantage.\n\nThe defensive ends are some of the most impressive players, because they are surprisingly fast for their size.  Line backers have to be pretty aware of the entire field.  Cornerbacks have to be fast, and able to shadow a receiver's every move.   Safeties act as the defense's last hope.  \n\nBut, no matter how skillful the players on a team are, they won't win many games without a good coach.  This is where the games are really won.  It is a game of strategy, and the coaches have to keep one step ahead of their opponent.  This sport has more trick plays than any other game.  I think that is one element that makes the sport so popular here - the element of surprise.  You never, ever know what is going to happen on each play.\n\nAs for the place kickers and punters wearing pads...If you had 11 guys, all of whom nearly twice their size using all their might to come after you, when you have no way to defend yourself, are you saying you wouldn't wear padding?  If you don't, you are pretty masochistic.
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What exactly is a sport?  To me, a sport is competition.  Nothing is more competitive than Nascar, especially when you factor in the setups of the cars, and the technology and research that goes into the "fine-tuning" of each component on the car.  What drivers have you been looking at exactly, when you say that they don't look athletic?  What exactly is your definition of athletic?  I can more than 20 of the regulars who are on a strict work-out program, several of which include running 5-10 miles per day.  Many of them are very intelligent.  Ryan Newman, for example, has a Masters degree in Aeronautical engineering from Purdue.  Although many of the drivers may not have graduated from a secondary institution, consider the hundreds of engineers that work the cars.  And you are calling Nascar drivers dumb?   As compared to what sport?  Baseball?  Football?  God forbid, the NBA, comprised of thugs?  To be competitive in NASCAR,  you have to have superb intelligence to setup the car for a specific track, and to make split second decisions on the track as well as in the pits concerning your race strategy.  Hundreds of a second are many times the difference between first and last.  What do you have to do in Football or basketball that requires intelligence?  Run fast or jump high?  Get 20 tattoos on your arms, grow an afro or braid your hair in cornrows while sporting a "grill" and belting out the latest 50 Cent rap?  I would bet $100 to a donut that the average IQ of a Nascar participants (when you factor in the drivers, crew chiefs, and team engineers) is double that of the average participant in any other of your major sports.   I think the thing that attracts me most to NASCAR is the fact that you have all 43 teams on the playing field competiting simultaneously.  When you run 200 MPH with someone to your left, right, behind, and in front of you only inches away, it is like a high speed game of chess.  And more importantly, in most cases, they are paid according to their performance.  And in my opinion, they aren't overpaid.
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and this relates to football??? How!!!