@Ticomaya,
Quote:The NFL don't do "friendlies."
Well Tico--Cyclo disagrees with that. A friendly is a game where nothing is at stake involving prize money and where team strategies are not exposed. They are warm-ups and "getting to know you" affairs. A trip out.
And shirt exchanges are not that common in ordinary games. It's the shirts of star players that are sometimes requested by lesser players. It would probably take half an hour for NFL players to swap shirts and I daresay some of the line men are not keen on exposing their flesh.
Another thing I meant to ask is where does this silly term "rookie" come from. A player in a team has earned his right not to be continually called a derogatory term like that by microphone jocks. It got into the Ryder Cup commentaries with the Yanks. There are 17 and 18 year old here play for top clubs but nobody ever calls them rookies or even thinks of doing.
