Football Players Are Tougher Than Military Servicemembers

Having also played football in college, I too am not surprised by the comment from the football player. As we know, there are references to war in competitive contact sports. But the player who is making the statement is a participant in a game with really no external negative consequences for failure other than personal ego. I learned a great deal on the "Fields of Friendly Strife" on the Hudson that have added me throughout my career, but I know a few young service members who are deployed right now who would rival any professional athlete.

With ignorance comes arrogance.

I played football in college a long time ago and enlisted in the army and signed up for Special Forces, where I spent three years enlisted and three years as an officer. There is no comparison to the dedication, mental and physical toughness and your ability to do it every minute of every day of every month of every year--not just for two or three hrs doing practice or a game, three our four months a year.