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re: Former athletes who would be heavily criticized in this era of media/social media

Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:43 pm to
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:43 pm to
My favorite soccer player, George Best.

best

Party animal
This post was edited on 4/9/17 at 11:25 pm
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:07 pm to
So from the tone of this thread

"everybody"

i.e. finds bad things about as many sports stars as possible to make regular people feel better for sucking at them

gotta think Paul Hornung and Alex Karras would get some grief

would be interesting to see the treatment of the Black Sox
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:16 pm to
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Hornung


Was banned for 2 years for gambling.

If that happened today, lifetime ban.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
67134 posts
Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:23 pm to
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Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson. Louis loved white chicks and Ray slapped his wife around.


Joe loving white women, meh. But Leonard is a bonafide punk.
Posted by Armchair_QB
Member since Aug 2013
1512 posts
Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:27 pm to
Bobby Layne would make Joe Namath look like Roger Staubach by comparison.
Posted by Armchair_QB
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:29 pm to
A better question would be, which former athletes would be social media sensations today?

Imagine Brian Bosworth at OU or Deion Sanders at FSU with Twitter accounts.
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
38040 posts
Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:54 pm to
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his surly attitude


That probably came from dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes a night...


Posted by c on z
Zamunda
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 11:57 pm to
Christian Laettner would have lit things up.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 12:06 am to
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Bobby Layne would make Joe Namath look like Roger Staubach by comparison


He was a bad man, but a great player.


ETA: don't forge the pedo Lance Allworth.
This post was edited on 4/10/17 at 12:08 am
Posted by kmcmah1
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 12:12 am to
Andre Agassi since all the other good ones have been mentioned.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 4/10/17 at 4:50 am to
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ETA: don't forge the pedo Lance Allworth


I think you mean Lance Rentzel
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 4/10/17 at 7:47 am to
Lawrence Taylor, somebody would have snapped a pic of him doing blow on the bench.
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