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Senator Clay Davis · 12-10-2013, 03:13 PM

I could see football working in the Olympics. All you have to do is have 5 American teams, 2 Canadian teams and 1 team made up of the rest of the world. Of course totally illegal in the Olympics, but so should football as a sport. Terrible idea, mostly driven by the NFL to try and convince more international fans who don't care that they should care (but won't). Its like trying to sell soccer to American fans, they just don't give a ####, they've shown you time and again they don't give a ####, so stop trying.

Edit: And Olympic style drug testing would ruin every NFL player who went into the Olympics. They'd all get banned for life. So absolutely no shot they play, making it even more pointless. NCAA players going? Whoop dee doo.

12-10-2013, 03:13 PM	#3
Senator Clay Davis Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis Exp:	I could see football working in the Olympics. All you have to do is have 5 American teams, 2 Canadian teams and 1 team made up of the rest of the world. Of course totally illegal in the Olympics, but so should football as a sport. Terrible idea, mostly driven by the NFL to try and convince more international fans who don't care that they should care (but won't). Its like trying to sell soccer to American fans, they just don't give a ####, they've shown you time and again they don't give a ####, so stop trying. Edit: And Olympic style drug testing would ruin every NFL player who went into the Olympics. They'd all get banned for life. So absolutely no shot they play, making it even more pointless. NCAA players going? Whoop dee doo. __________________ "Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......." Last edited by Senator Clay Davis; 12-10-2013 at 03:16 PM.