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Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site. Kirk can be contacted at [email protected] .
Interview with Leonard Marshall
Dec 12, 2014
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Owning this website allows me not only to interview athletes but debunk the myth that all athletes are just “dumb jocks”. Rules may be made to broken, but stereotypes are made to be shattered, and after speaking to multiple athletes from the NHL, MLB, NBA, and the WWE, I can say that unequivocally that some of the most intelligent and well rounded people I have ever talked to in the last year have had an athletic past.
Granted, there have been many publicized instances where we see athletes who have gone through millions of dollars and have declared bankruptcy within a few years after retirement. Those are the stories that are sexy to the media, though when a former player excels in multiple careers outside of athletics, it rarely gets coverage; it just isn’t a sexy story.
Granted, there have been many publicized instances where we see athletes who have gone through millions of dollars and have declared bankruptcy within a few years after retirement. Those are the stories that are sexy to the media, though when a former player excels in multiple careers outside of athletics, it rarely gets coverage; it just isn’t a sexy story.
Interview with Dennis Maruk
Nov 27, 2014
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The amount of players who have participated in the National Hockey League who have managed to make the elusive 50 Goal Club is an elusive one. It is one of those magical numbers in sports, akin to a .300 Batting Average in Baseball, 1,500 Rushing Yards in a season in Football, and a 20 Points per Game Average in the National Basketball Association.
Anyone who accomplishes those above feats receive All Star recognition of some kind, especially if you do that more than once, or take it to the next level; a feat that former Hockey superstar, Dennis Maruk accomplished when he had consecutive 50 Goal seasons and became one of the rare players to net 60 Goals in an NHL campaign.
Anyone who accomplishes those above feats receive All Star recognition of some kind, especially if you do that more than once, or take it to the next level; a feat that former Hockey superstar, Dennis Maruk accomplished when he had consecutive 50 Goal seasons and became one of the rare players to net 60 Goals in an NHL campaign.
Interview with Kyle Turley
Nov 26, 2014
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Countless football analysts have always stated that games are won in the trenches; though the battle between Offensive and Defensive Lines never show up in highlight videos or on stat sheets. These are players who always praised for what they do, though never showcased on our screen, at least during the game anyway.
Personally, when I watch a game that I have no rooting interest in, I try to spend at least a quarter only watching what happens at the line. Television, even in this High Definition and Multi-Camera angle era can never do justice to the brute physicality that happens there at every play.
Personally, when I watch a game that I have no rooting interest in, I try to spend at least a quarter only watching what happens at the line. Television, even in this High Definition and Multi-Camera angle era can never do justice to the brute physicality that happens there at every play.
Interview with Diamond Dallas Page
Nov 19, 2014
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As I looked up and down the roster of everyone who ever graced the ring in either the WWE and WCW and could not find anyone who ever came close to changing the narrative of what a professional wrestler was more often and on a more seismic shift than Diamond Dallas Page. In fact, I will go a step further and say nobody even comes close.
A common thread in athletics is that once you hit your mid-30’s you have likely hit you peak in your field of endeavour. This is not always the case, as some have postponed their decline a few years, but that is about it. Athletes make their professional debut in their very early twenties on average, but to do that at the age of 35? Not only does that seem unlikely, it seems impossible; or at least it did until Diamond Dallas Page decided that this was an unspoken rule that was made to be broken.
A common thread in athletics is that once you hit your mid-30’s you have likely hit you peak in your field of endeavour. This is not always the case, as some have postponed their decline a few years, but that is about it. Athletes make their professional debut in their very early twenties on average, but to do that at the age of 35? Not only does that seem unlikely, it seems impossible; or at least it did until Diamond Dallas Page decided that this was an unspoken rule that was made to be broken.