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re: Bradshaw wanted to retire after only 8 yrs in NFL, says he hated pro football
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:59 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:59 pm to Jim Rockford
Matt Jones was probably the most gifted athlete I've ever seen wearing a Razorback uniform but he only made it a few years in the NFL because he didn't love football. I don't even know that he liked it aside from getting to play qb on game day. He wasn't interested in anything that went along with it.
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Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:11 pm to Jack Ruby
Bradshaw hanging on to his "job" for dear life cost the steelers the possibility of another great run if they would have drafted Marino and let Bradshaw go.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:13 pm to beaverfever
quote:I think he liked the hookers and blow that come along with being a pro athlete
He wasn't interested in anything that went along with it.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:24 pm to PrimeTime Money
That is pretty hilarious when you think about it. 
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:30 pm to Chad504boy
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I want to quit fricking selling insurance but its what i gots to do to pay fricking bills
at selling insurance, quit scamming people
Posted on 9/13/19 at 2:11 pm to Jack Ruby
But has made millions pimping it on tv for the last 20 years........SURE!!!!
Posted on 9/13/19 at 2:15 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
scammed by a shady investment advisor
Posted on 9/13/19 at 3:12 pm to BHTiger
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But has made millions pimping it on tv for the last 20 years........SURE!!
That's the irony of all of it. Bradshaw has openly admitted he likes and enjoys college football far more than the NFL, I think he even said once in an interview that playing at LA Tech was the best time of his life, but the NFL pays the bills.
He's been in broadcasting basically since he retired, so he's banked millions upon millions. It's still football, which he does love, but just hated playing for Noll and hated the business of pro football.
Terry is still a southern farm boy and would be far more comfortable going to a small rodeo in Springhill and being around all the cowboy rednecks than he would be in an nfl stadium.
It's probably why he and Jimmy Johnson are such good friends. Johnson has known him since he recruited him in high school and Jimmy if all people on those sets understands the region where Bradshaw comes from.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 6:58 pm to beaverfever
I always find these cases interesting. Adam Dunn in baseball, Andrew Bynum in basketball, guys with talent but don't particularly like the sport.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 7:59 pm to room boasted
Think of all the guys who have died early or were crippled mentally and or physically, who played in that era.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:03 pm to RuLSU
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Average salary in 1978 was $10.5k
I'm calling bullshite.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:20 pm to BHTiger
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But has made millions pimping it on tv for the last 20 years........SURE!!!!
I’m a big Terry Bradshaw fan except that he knocked my HS out of the playoffs in ‘65.. If he says he hated it, I believe him. But I bet in addition to the farm loans he was paying on, I think he had some ex-wives that had a hook in him also...which may have also affected his state of mind at the time.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:21 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:Why?
I'm calling bullshite.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:25 pm to lsupride87
Average NFL salary 10,500? In 1978? Show me a source.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:35 pm to Jack Ruby
Poor bradshaw. Played football for 14 yrs and retired for life.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:43 pm to LB84
I mean shite. Who really enjoys having to slave away to simply survive let alone slave away to do what you really want to do. shite sucks. Who would actually do what they do for a living if they weren’t paid what they are for it? Not many,
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:54 pm to lsupride87
Since you won't, I will. According to Wiki, average NFL salary in 1978 was 62,600.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 8:57 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I think he was talking about average income for all Americans.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 9:14 pm to volfan30
He did not say that for his HOF speech.
Seem to recall him saying something like, "What I wouldn't give to put my hands up under Mike Webster's butt one more time"
Rings different than "Thanks but I hated this shite"
Seem to recall him saying something like, "What I wouldn't give to put my hands up under Mike Webster's butt one more time"
Rings different than "Thanks but I hated this shite"
Posted on 9/13/19 at 9:17 pm to Jack Ruby
He would have made serious money in today's times..
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