NFL Great Plunkett Says "My Life Sucks At 69"

[Diehardblues]

It was a different league back in the day. Players were encouraged to play injured feeling the pressure to get replaced if they didn't with much more depth on rosters than today with the Salary Cap where players often sit out for a little nagging injury instead of sucking it up taking a pain shot and risking their career playing hurt without as much pressure of being replaced.

And these guys were paid chump change in comparison to today's players . I'd argue those who aren't more informed of that era with OP even admitting didn't see him play should study up.

Choosing such a comparison which might be closer to their heart especially if it's reflecting a current dilemma is picking and choosing a comparison to highlight their own narrative.

I'm very sensitive to a child with cancer but don't see the need for such a comparison unless there's an underlying agenda at play.

 

[Melonfeud]

It was a different league back in the day. Players were encouraged to play injured feeling the pressure to get replaced if they didn't with much more depth on rosters than today with the Salary Cap where players often sit out for a little nagging injury instead of sucking it up taking a pain shot and risking their career playing hurt without as much pressure of being replaced.

And these guys were paid chump change in comparison to today's players . I'd argue those who aren't more informed of that era with OP even admitting didn't see him play should study up.

Choosing such a comparison which might be closer to their heart especially if it's reflecting a current dilemma is picking and choosing a comparison to highlight their own narrative.

I'm very sensitive to a child with cancer but don't see the need for such a comparison unless there's an underlying agenda at play.

Copy! I luv my girlfriend DA' boyz,,, and to kiss off both barrels in a rolling good bye/ban yer'*** single post!
I've always found that tactic brilliantly hilarious in a weasel sort of way, but now diehard! Certain ,,er,,,consideration should be considered seeing how she's a 'girlfriend' and will prolly apologize before the sun goes down,,,back on topic: I recall seeing plunkett just being brutalized /pummeled when he Q.B for New England

 

[Diehardblues]

Copy! I luv my girlfriend DA' boyz,,, and to kiss off both barrels in a rolling good bye/ban yer'*** single post!
I've always found that tactic brilliantly hilarious in a weasel sort of way, but now diehard! Certain ,,er,,,consideration should be considered seeing how she's a 'girlfriend' and will prolly apologize before the sun goes down,,,back on topic: I recall seeing plunkett just being brutalized /pummeled when he Q.B for New England

I wonder why the OP singled out Plunkett to compare these kids with cancer?

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I'm sorry to hear Plunkett is in pain. He was a good guy and a quality quarterback. I recently found a 1977 game, Cowboys versus 9ers with Plunkett at QB for them. She showed himself as an excellent QB that kept them in the game. In my first year of college, the Raiders beat the Commanders in the Super Bowl with Plunkett at QB. They clobbered them

 

[Jake]

And whose fault is this? We all choose our careers. Bottom line, everyone's body at the age of 69 will have crippling pain at some point or another. Some already at a very younger age. Especially a child laying in a hospital with a brain tumor and the parents can't afford the medical bills. Stop your complaining Plunkett. Deal with it. Again, an NFL player uses the NFL platform to sob about his personal life/feelings. Stop playing golf if your in so much pain!

Jim Plunkett, a former Super Bowl MVP, is the latest former NFL player to detail a life of crippling pain and misery. “My life sucks,” Plunkett told the San Jose Mercury News. “It’s no fun being in this body right now. Everything hurts.” Now 69, Plunkett led the Raiders to two Super Bowls after a storied career at Stanford, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1970.

The report said Plunkett has endured 18 operations and lives with artificial knees, an artificial shoulder and debilitating pain in his surgically repaired back.
Plunkett played 15 seasons in the NFL and estimates he suffered at least 10 concussions from the time he started playing football. He's also dealing with headaches, possibly related to Bell’s Palsy which he contracted a year ago, the Mercury News said.

After watching so many former teammates and contemporaries suffer and die young, Plunkett says it's time for the NFL “to help take care of these people.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...y-life-sucks-at-69/ar-AApqpE2?ocid=spartanntp

A lot of people don't even live to be 69.

 

[RoboQB]

I always liked Plunkett...he was hilarious at times and somehow won a couple of SB's...proof of the true value of a great DEFENSE. I watched him throw 5 picks in one game. Still, there was something likable about ole Jim.

That Raiders vs. Commanders SB is one of my favorites. Living near DC, it was glorious.

 

[RoboQB]

Apparently you don't have a child with cancer to even make such a hideous ignorant remark. That said, welcome to my ignore list. It's full of ignorant members as yourself.

Well, that escalated quickly.

So, a former player can't speak out about his pain?
Men at that age generally complain about pain. My dad is 68 and says if he didn't wake up and feel pain,
he'd think he was dead.

It's a cheap shot for you to bring up a child with cancer, as if Plunkett wouldn't sympathize with the child and their family.

Side bar- Both of Plunkett's parents are blind. They've never seen him play. Imagine that. A two-time SB Champion
and Heisman Trophy winner from Stanford... and his parents never got to see any of that.

 

[RoboQB]

I wonder why the OP singled out Plunkett to compare these kids with cancer?

Okay, I'll say it. It's probably a heavy flow day.

 

[Redball Express]

I always liked Plunkett...he was hilarious at times and somehow won a couple of SB's...proof of the true value of a great DEFENSE. I watched him throw 5 picks in one game. Still, there was something likable about ole Jim.

Hey..

He got paid well to play.

Growing up..

I used to see my Dad aging and I said I neve want to be like that when I get older.

.i"m 64 now and when I look in the mirror I see Dad..

along with his old ailments and inherited whatever.

Get over it Plunkett.

Look in the mirror..

who do you see there Jimmy Boy.?

Your father plus 15 years of physical abuse with pro football plus your high school and college and Pee Wee days.

Take a pill and roll something, dude.

Sheshhhhhh...

 

[lurkercowboy]

Back in 1983-84 I actually hated the Deadskins more. That tells you how far the Deadskins have fallen. I hate the Eagles more now too. I think that started to change when Buddy Ryan was their coach. I hated that guy.

The Commanders can't lose enough to make me forget those early 80s years. The Raiders beating them is my favorite Super Bowl all time other than the Cowboy wins.