Professional sports .....sort of

So watching the Superbowl today (of course having a tall cold Guinness) I kinda came to an Epiphany...or maybe I just burped but I digress....
I saw alot of effort on the field today but also saw alot of half hearted effort as well. I see this alot in football especially living in the Seattle area and watching the Seahawks. (except the game they won in the wild card against the Saints which was filled with intense emotion and ....a win)
anyway to the point. Football has no balls any more in my eyes.
HOCKEY on the other hand......Guys get paid a pittance of basketball or football and the love of the game shines thru SOOOOO much more. 23 stitches in the forehead only nets 15 minutes out of the game to actually get the stitches then back at it. Intensity levels so high fights erupt and it is accepted.
Football .....in a play off game a quarterback leaves with a hurt knee. I am not saying you need to play on a blown ACL but when you are standing on the sidelines jumping up and down ....that aint hurt.
Hockey scenarios
Steve Yzerman played half a season and thru the playoffs with a debilitating knee injury
Jeremy Roenick had his jaw broken in multiple places and played three more shifts until trainers forced him out
Richard Zednick had his throat cut wide open and splattered blood all over the ice and played on to score the game winner....that part is a lie but the first part isn't.
Multiple broken bones in feet and staying in the game because if they take their skates off the swelling will prevent them from putting their skates back on and playing.....stories go on and on. Tough guys Tough sport.
Football use to be tough....Like when Ronnie Lott dislocated his pinkie finger at the knuckle and opted for amputation rather than missing a game.....Tough.
Rugby....harder than football AND NO PADS. Plus those dudes have day jobs!!!!
Football players...toughen up or take a pay cut. Don't even get me started on Basketball...pffft
Drink Guinness....it's good for you.
Jimbob