Big RR wrote:I've never played, but from what I understand one fields a team each week and scores game point based on how the individual players do in their actual games. I'm sure there are rules about how many players can be on a team and when the final roster has to be posted to the league. The other thing I understand is that some fantasy leagues pit the different participants' teams in head to head competition (awarding league points for the winners), while others just award points based on the overall performance (e.g. the top 5 teams get points based on their weekly performance). At the end of the season a few teams are chosen for a playoff round (based on their total league points, and the winners get a prize (usually money put up by all the players at the beginning).
None, since Perry was a lineman, and a fantasy team only has (and recognizes the stats of) the running backs, quarterback, wide receivers and kickers on the offense. Indeed, I think he was a defensive lineman, and individual defensive players are not included--a team's entire defense is scored so, e.g., one could select the Rams defense and the stats of the entire unit are scored.But what sort of 'fantasy' stat recognizes something like that?
No. I don't. He was good in "The Princess Bride" though.ex-khobar Andy wrote: Fancy being this good looking as well as being top of a worldwide fantasy football league
I remember wishing the same thing; and, FWIW, I doubt I could have put up with Ditka for even a beer, but Perry probably woudl have been OK.Perry may have been a great guy and someone I'd still be happy to share a beer or two with (and the same goes for Mike Ditka), but I remember wishing that day that the two of them would get hit by a bus or something.
No, I meant life. He’s an addict. I’ve worked with dozens and dozens and dozens and dozens and dozens of addicts, and people deeply damaged in other ways. It almost always has its roots in adverse childhood experiences (ACE), i.e., trauma. I’d bet my next paycheck that The Fridge had trauma long before he subjected his body to the rigors of professional football.Big RR wrote:I remember wishing the same thing; and, FWIW, I doubt I could have put up with Ditka for even a beer, but Perry probably woudl have been OK.Perry may have been a great guy and someone I'd still be happy to share a beer or two with (and the same goes for Mike Ditka), but I remember wishing that day that the two of them would get hit by a bus or something.
BSG--I don't think it is "life" per se, it's the abuse you heap on yourself to play a sport at an elite level. His exceptionally high weight, combined with his muscles and stamina, made him a force to be reckoned with in the NFL, but this came back to haunt him later. Hell, my older daughter, who competed in gymnastics at the elite level for a ti,e while in high school , still has some ankle and knee problems because of the stress she put on those joints (and multiple fractures). It's like running a car at top speed all the time, it wears out quicker.
So, he was bullied. By family? Schoolmates? The statistics on later life dysfunction of bullied children are dramatic - tearing down the psyche of a child doesn’t build them up or make them stronger - they may survive, but they are generally profoundly affected and damaged, very often manifesting in addiction of one kind or another, or other self-destructive behavior.Perry was born in Aiken, South Carolina. He has stated in an interview that "Even when I was little, I was big"; by the time he was 11 years old, he weighed 200 pounds.[1] Frequently ridiculed for his weight while growing up, Perry took advantage of his athleticism to silence his critics.
