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01-29-2008, 11:17 AM
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Stop trying to stretch the meaning of everything you're quoting. There was no NFL career, and playing in NFL Europe is not playing in the NFL. He declined, because they basically told him he's not good enough, but maybe after learning the sport for a bit (in Europe), we'll give you another look.
Michael Jordan played some baseball in the White Sox farm system and that certainly doesn't qualify him as a Major League Baseball player. No difference.
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Career? No, but he did make the NFL Vikings team. He had a contract signed for the league minimum of, I think, $250,000 a year. Lesnar never played in the NFL Europe. Although, it is funny to see you try to say that the NFL Europe is not a part of the NFL when the NFL Europe actually has "NFL" in its name, LOL. They never "basically told him he's not good enough." I think maybe they told him that he needed experience.
And, Jordan actually did play in regular season MLB games. That is the MLB that means Minor League Baseball. According to his Wiki, "He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors." So, Jordan was never a MLB player when MLB means Major League Baseball. But, he did play professional baseball. |
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01-29-2008, 11:20 AM
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Yikes,I had forgotten how easily discussions here drift into the realm of the nonsensical.
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01-29-2008, 11:24 AM
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Yikes,I had forgotten how easily discussions here drift into the realm of the nonsensical.
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This topic never really had a lot to it to begin with, LOL. What does the NFL have to do with MMA anyway? I mean, the original question was "What if Lesnar failed to make weight?" And, "What would Dana do?" That was answered fairly quickly. So, we went off on a tangent. |
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01-29-2008, 11:38 AM
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Career? No, but he did make the NFL Vikings team. He had a contract signed for the league minimum of, I think, $250,000 a year. Lesnar never played in the NFL Europe. Although, it is funny to see you try to say that the NFL Europe is not a part of the NFL when the NFL Europe actually has "NFL" in its name, LOL. They never "basically told him he's not good enough." I think maybe they told him that he needed experience.
And, Jordan actually did play in regular season MLB games. That is the MLB that means Minor League Baseball. According to his Wiki, "He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors." So, Jordan was never a MLB player when MLB means Major League Baseball. But, he did play professional baseball.
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NFL Europe is not the NFL, just like the Birmingham Barons isn't Major League Baseball. You know this, that's why you're even changing the meaning of acronyms in an attempt to save your drowning argument. If you don't make the team, you're not good enough, pretty simple.
Back on topic: Lesnar will make weight. |
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01-29-2008, 12:12 PM
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NFL Europe is not the NFL, just like the Birmingham Barons isn't Major League Baseball. You know this, that's why you're even changing the meaning of acronyms in an attempt to save your drowning argument. If you don't make the team, you're not good enough, pretty simple.
Back on topic: Lesnar will make weight.
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Nah, it's just semantics. LOL.
And, we did go way off target, so I can drop it.
Back on topic: I agree with you. Brock Lesnar will make weight. I would bet 1000 points on that. |
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01-29-2008, 12:30 PM
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And, Jordan actually did play in regular season MLB games. That is the MLB that means Minor League Baseball. According to his Wiki, "He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors." So, Jordan was never a MLB player when MLB means Major League Baseball. But, he did play professional baseball.
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Actually no, Jordan did have at bats in the Majors.
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01-29-2008, 02:45 PM
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Actually no, Jordan did have at bats in the Majors.
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His BIO did not mention them. I am not a baseball fan nor am I a basketball fan, so I don't know as much when it comes to those two sports. |
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01-30-2008, 05:13 AM
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If Jordan played or not baseball professionally does not really matter as whatever team had him it was because of his popularity and not his skill. Even Britney Spears would have a go in a minor league team just to sell tickets.
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01-30-2008, 08:53 AM
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Hmmm....Pre-season is part of the NFL but players in the pre-season are not necessarily NFL players.
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Screw that! If I made a practice squad and played in an NFL pre-season game, I would consider myself part of the NFL!
The real answer to this question depends on whether or not a preseason player gets paid by the team.
I can't believe I agree with Subgenius on something.....please don't hate me FF members. 
Back to point, Lesnar will make weight. Also, Mir will give a good performance. It's do or die time for him in MMA. |
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01-30-2008, 09:04 AM
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Screw that! If I made a practice squad and played in an NFL pre-season game, I would consider myself part of the NFL!
The real answer to this question depends on whether or not a preseason player gets paid by the team.
I can't believe I agree with Subgenius on something.....please don't hate me FF members.
Back to point, Lesnar will make weight. Also, Mir will give a good performance. It's do or die time for him in MMA. |
You can consider yourself part of the NFL all you want but you were not an NFL player. Remember when Danny Abbadi was saying he's a UFC fighter? 
And yes, I agree - Brock will make weight. |
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01-30-2008, 09:06 AM
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He was paid for his time and for the games that he played in. He signed a league minimum contract, which I think is $250k for one year. So, he likely did not see all that much money since he was forced to stop playing by an accident, a motorcycle accident. Both Mir and Lesnar have had troubles with motorcycles.
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