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I still find it curious there isn't a porta-potty or something on the sidelines for 'oh shiat i gotta go' moments.

IKanHazaBukkit: I still find it curious there isn't a porta-potty or something on the sidelines for 'oh shiat i gotta go' moments.

I'd hate to see that dumped on the coach after a win instead of the boring Gatorade bath.

Gunderson: IKanHazaBukkit: I still find it curious there isn't a porta-potty or something on the sidelines for 'oh shiat i gotta go' moments.

I'd hate to see that dumped on the coach after a win instead of the boring Gatorade bath.

would only happen to norv turner, and thats after the o-line uses it

Interesting on two counts. One, I'd never thought about the dressing-room bathrooms being so far away that it could jeopardize a player's ability to get onto the field. Two, I would have figured that players' pants are so difficult to get into, what with the strings and the supporters and whatnot, that ... well, I don't know what. But then, I've never dealt with professional football equipment.

Never even undressed a football player. Regrettably.

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Interesting on two counts. One, I'd never thought about the dressing-room bathrooms being so far away that it could jeopardize a player's ability to get onto the field. Two, I would have figured that players' pants are so difficult to get into, what with the strings and the supporters and whatnot, that ... well, I don't know what. But then, I've never dealt with professional football equipment.

Never even undressed a football player. Regrettably.

If he was anyone but the punter (or maybe field goal kicker or QB), he would have gone to the lockerroom after telling his position coach/defense or offense coordinator. Those guys don't have replacements readily available like every other position.

As far as his equipment... most kickers do not wear all protective gear because it is not necessary and it limits leg extention so no knee/thigh/hip pads and no cup.

Hey at least its not like soccer players that just cut lose on the field

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Interesting on two counts. One, I'd never thought about the dressing-room bathrooms...

I just thought it was funny that you called it a dressing room instead of a locker room. I guess it fits just as well, but it makes it sound more like a show than a sport. This isn't WWE!

do NOT drink the yellow gatorade....


/that's the one we dump on Coach after we win
//two kickers, one cup?

Well aint that a pisser!

Yeesh, folks need to relax.

He was discreet about it. You couldn't see any naughty bits or actual urine. Dude had to go. What did you expect him to do, wet himself?

Did you also notice the game situation? Fourth quarter, 1:34 left. It would sure look funny if the kicker couldn't trot out there for the game-winner. You're making upwards of $1 million to kick a football. You can't say, "Couldn't make it; hadta go."

There was a guy shielding him from one direction with a towel. That's probably all you can do. If you're surrounding the guy so that no one can see him at all in that moment, some conspiracy theorists will think he was faking an injury, taking some sort of illegal last-second steroid-like leg-strengthening injection, nervous, whatever. Instead, it's clear what he was doing and it's something we all have to do sometimes.

Furthermore, everyone acts like this isn't common. Here's an article on the Patriots from 2009: Link

If they kept a camera on the sideline, I bet you'd see this at least once a game on both sides. Let it go.

SlothB77: IKanHazaBukkit: I still find it curious there isn't a porta-potty or something on the sidelines for 'oh shiat i gotta go' moments.

Does the offense get to find out if the Vince Wilfork's of the NFL wipe themselves before they go out and then get sit on by those big D linemen?

The real victims are the underpants... Won't someone think of the underpants!?

Why not just pee your pants, and be done with it? You're a farking replacement kicker, for TFG* sake! Kickers are inherently weird, odd, strange, and just plain curious. Pee your pants, then sell them on an auction site for a bladder control charity.

/csb time

This old Houston Oiler was on the radio a few months back talking about what it was like in the 70's and 80's, when he played. This is Pastorini, Campbell, Warren Moon timeframe. He basically said that there was on offensive lineman (who he wouldn't name) on the Oilers that would purposely shiat his pants right before the game. He figured the defensive guys would want to stay away from him, just on the smell alone. Personally, I'd hate to be the QB, or the RB trying to run through the "A" gap... yuck!

/csb time



*The Football Gods

They didn't have a policy yesterday, but I bet they come up with one today. Otherwise some douche is going to whip it out and piss all over the place just to prove a point and claim, "There's no policy against it!"

Karma Curmudgeon: do NOT drink the yellow gatorade....


/that's the one we dump on Coach after we win
//two kickers, one cup?

Nobody really wears cups past Pop Warner actually

a football game is what, 3-4 hours? why not have a few of these on the sidelines for players or coaches or anyone who can't steal away for any length of time?

The problem with having porta potties on the sidelines is that if you have a player run off the field and into one head first that could be really, really bad.

How much is this guy drinking during the game that he can't wait for halftime or the end of the game?

skrame: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Interesting on two counts. One, I'd never thought about the dressing-room bathrooms...

I just thought it was funny that you called it a dressing room instead of a locker room. I guess it fits just as well, but it makes it sound more like a show than a sport. This isn't WWE!

Sorry, you're right, I guess I was thinking about the Suh-monster stomping on that dude. THAT was pure WWE - for which he should be suspended for the rest of the year, but that's another thread.

JerseyTim: Do they have a policy concerning the Giants shiatting the bed last night?

touche`

asmodeus224: a football game is what, 3-4 hours? why not have a few of these on the sidelines for players or coaches or anyone who can't steal away for any length of time?

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I can think of a lot of reasons.
1) They're unsightly, and wouldn't look good to show up on TV. Could also obstruct some sideline cameras, etc.
2) If you happened to see any player go into one, you know exactly what he's doing in there
3) While they would probably be a ways back from the sideline, it could be really bad if someone ran into one.

Usually if you go before the game and at halftime there isn't much trouble unless you're sick or something. For a kicker near the end of the game, I could also conceive that maybe he didn't have to go that urgently, but he didn't want to kick with a nearly full bladder either - it could actually throw things off.

kingoomieiii: Isn't pissing in public a CRIME, though? I mean, in front of hundreds of people, and not as part of some kind of art exhibition?

Go hang out at the starting line for a marathon. Heck just pay close attention to the runners mid-race. You'll see people peeing anywhere they can even in stride.

Captain Steroid: I can understand the NFL not having a rule, one way or the other, for this sort of thing. I mean, not p*ssing in public on the sideline seems like it would be COMMON SENSE!

I hope you never go to a dog park. You have NO IDEA what happens there.

Perhaps you should reconsider your unnatural stance regarding the human body and its perfectly natural functions.

For all of you Einsteins garbling about, "OMG!!! We need port-a-potties installed on the sidelines NOW!!!".... Do the fricking math, tards:

The first Super Bowl was 44 seasons ago.

Let's say an average of:
24 teams per season
15 games per season (not including preseason and playoffs/Super Bowls)
24 starting players per team (11 offensive players, 11 defensive players, 1 punter and 1 kicker)

That gives us 44 * 24 * 15 * 24 = 380,160

Yep, 380,160 is the potential number of times a player might have needed a port-a-potty during the entire history of the NFL and got caught on camera taking a leak.

1/380,160 = 2.63047138 × 10^-6

0r a 0.00026% chance so far that a football player has required to urinate on the sidelines and has been caught on camera doing so.

Yah, let's go install port-a-potties on every sideline during every fricking NFL game.

/What a bunch of fricking tards.

//I'm not checking my math for a bunch of tards.

///Even if it is wrong, I doubt any of the tards here could find any mistakes.

ddam: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Interesting on two counts. One, I'd never thought about the dressing-room bathrooms being so far away that it could jeopardize a player's ability to get onto the field. Two, I would have figured that players' pants are so difficult to get into, what with the strings and the supporters and whatnot, that ... well, I don't know what. But then, I've never dealt with professional football equipment.

Never even undressed a football player. Regrettably.

If he was anyone but the punter (or maybe field goal kicker or QB), he would have gone to the lockerroom after telling his position coach/defense or offense coordinator. Those guys don't have replacements readily available like every other position.

As far as his equipment... most kickers do not wear all protective gear because it is not necessary and it limits leg extention so no knee/thigh/hip pads and no cup.

Oh, I've seen the big men doing the same thing. Not on TV, though.