Yall should check out the PED testings in place for NFL players and NBA. Its no USADA.
Im sure if some UFC hw went to the NFL they would look really good with "professional help and training"
Yet Ronaldo gets lightly bumped on the field and acts like he's been shot.I'm an American, but I think Americans have this flawed sense of "athleticism". For whatever reason, hockey, baseball, and soccer players are rarely included. It seems as if you have to play in the NFL or NBA to be an "A level athlete". Wayne Gretzky was drafted or signed by the Toronto Blue Jays I believe. Joe Mauer had a full ride to be Nebraska's QB and was all-state in basketball. People just choose the big muscular guys and label them A level. Plenty of those guys have very little stamina, which is a part of athleticism.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is ripped to shreds and almost beat a Olympic sprinter in a 60m race.
I'm an American, but I think Americans have this flawed sense of "athleticism". For whatever reason, hockey, baseball, and soccer players are rarely included. It seems as if you have to play in the NFL or NBA to be an "A level athlete". Wayne Gretzky was drafted or signed by the Toronto Blue Jays I believe. Joe Mauer had a full ride to be Nebraska's QB and was all-state in basketball. People just choose the big muscular guys and label them A level. Plenty of those guys have very little stamina, which is a part of athleticism.
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is ripped to shreds and almost beat a Olympic sprinter in a 60m race.
Yet Ronaldo gets lightly bumped on the field and acts like he's been shot.
The guy that Ronaldo raced against has a 100m PB of 10.14 seconds. CR7 beat him in the zigzag, but most NFL players would do that too.I'm an American, but I think Americans have this flawed sense of "athleticism". For whatever reason, hockey, baseball, and soccer players are rarely included. It seems as if you have to play in the NFL or NBA to be an "A level athlete". Wayne Gretzky was drafted or signed by the Toronto Blue Jays I believe. Joe Mauer had a full ride to be Nebraska's QB and was all-state in basketball. People just choose the big muscular guys and label them A level. Plenty of those guys have very little stamina, which is a part of athleticism. Cristiano Ronaldo is ripped to shreds and almost beat a Olympic sprinter in a 60m race.
A true A level athlete to me is someone like Lesnar. D1 National Champion wrestler, UFC HW Champ, made the Vikings without having played football for like 10 years. For his size, he has one of the craziest combine numbers you will ever see: 40 yard - 4.7, Vertical - 35 in, Bench - 30 reps....at 285 lbs. That's outrageous.
Yet Ronaldo gets lightly bumped on the field and acts like he's been shot.
Yes, most of those guys are geared up out of their minds.
But no amount of gear is gonna get someone to run as fast as a Dion Sanders, Bo Jackson or a Randy Moss.
The guy that Ronaldo raced against has a 100m PB of 10.14 seconds. CR7 beat him in the zigzag, but most NFL players would do that too.
There are NFL players that would easily beat that sprinter in a 100m race; Jim Hines ran a 9.95 officially, and he wasn't even a full-time sprinter.
Any guy who is 6'8 270lbs who can move and jump like that, has to be a pretty good athlete. He could have played in the NFL had he stuck to football instead of basketball.Let me guess, you think LeBron is a great athlete though, right?. Have you watched the NBA?
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Darrell Green 10.08. One of the greatest cornerbacks ever. He would run laps around Ronaldo and outjump him even now, at age 58.This point is irrelevant. Jim Hines was a sprinter. THEN he played the in the NFL and had a garbage career because it was a publicity stunt.