There have been a lot of  pro footballers ( soccer players) who's careers were ended by injury.  You wear a lot of gear play American football thigh pads, knee pads, pads to protect the tail bone, shoulder pads, rib pads (for QB's), elbow pads and neck protectors a lot of LB's wear them and the helmet many with eye shields and a mouth piece so your teeth don't get bashed out. My front teeth got chipped to pieces because I forgot my mouth piece. I've had my wrist sprained as well as my ankle and right knee.

In soccer I had always had bruised shins and knee caps, bent back fingers, a dislocated nose, black eyes, sore ribs twisted ankles and knees and other crap. It was worse when I played rugby lol!

We have two NFL teams here and both had horrible seasons last year the Chiefs and Rams. I got spoiled when I lived in New England with the Pats. However before there was a team in the tamp Bay area as a kid I was a Dolphins fan those where the golden years of Dolphin history. Then when the Bucs came along I was a die hard fan what sucked was when I moved from the Tampa Bay area and after years of grief the suckers go to their first Super Bowl. But I give the credit for that to Tony Dungy not that idiot that they replaced him with.

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