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underpants

(197,179 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:16 AM Aug 2019

1,000 dreams will die by 4PM tomorrow

Okay that’s a bit extreme but it got you here 😁

Good short mostly anecdotal article from ESPN on getting cut from the NFL. 32 teams have to get their rosters down from 90 to 53 by 4 PM tomorrow. Some interesting stories about guys who’ve hung around the league for years getting cut several times. For a lot of guys who’ve probably been the star player for almost all their lives this is the first time they’ve had to deal with something like this.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27483799/what-really-cut-nfl

This is from the end of the article

Arizona Cardinals special-teamer Dennis Gardeck got the tap last preseason. Gardeck, who was an undrafted rookie free agent, was in the locker room when a staff member came up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Scooby, come with me."

Wait, what?

The staff member had Gardeck confused with Scooby Wright, another 6-foot, long-haired linebacker.

"I was like, 'I'm not Scooby,' " Gardeck said. "I thought I was done."

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1,000 dreams will die by 4PM tomorrow (Original Post) underpants Aug 2019 OP

A lot of NCAA dreams start dying Saturday unc70 Aug 2019 #1

They will now go on to a normal life Cartoonist Aug 2019 #2

unc70

(6,514 posts)

1. A lot of NCAA dreams start dying Saturday

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 11:04 AM

Aug 2019

It is the nature of sports and sports business.

Cartoonist

(7,579 posts)

2. They will now go on to a normal life

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 12:08 PM

Aug 2019

Those who dream of having disabilities and head trauma will have their wishes granted.

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