[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Another reason to get rid of kickers in football. You've got these warriors going to war for 59 minutes, only to have the game decided by some pip squeak foreigner coming on the field saying "I'm going to keeck a touchdown."

The sports media hasn't covered this in years, but I do remember players describing the position of kicker ( when most of them still spoke English ) as the least respected on the team. An example of one source of resentment was that because of their size most kickers were able to buy street clothes off the rack, where as the rest of the players were mostly super size and had to shop in big and tall places. Another is the kicker isn't in the game for about half of it like most players ( defense/offense ).

With kicking made more important in recent years, especially in OT, kickers take on a more prominent role as hero or goat. Many times it's goat. If she wants respect, she picked the wrong sport. Ask her to compare her treatment to a player who fumbled during an important play or a WR who dropped a pass. They have to do plenty to atone for one bad play.

[dfwgator]

Of course, there was a time when the kicker was a position player. For example, when Steve Spurrier was QB at Florida, he was also the place kicker. Lou Groza was a linebacker, and George Blanda was a QB even though both were better known for being kickers. I think that it would be interesting if they made the rule in football that in order to be eligible as a kicker, you have to be a positional player, and not just a kicking specialist.