Brian O'Driscoll to join Miami Dolphins Football Team?!

mike65 · 16-03-2003 2:51pm #1

Good God!

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030315/203/dvjl5.html

Mike.

eden_my_ass · 16-03-2003 2:56pm

By Brian O' Driscoll I presume you mean Ronan O'Gara

mike65 · 16-03-2003 3:21pm

Oops! Yes

I sometimes get them mixed up, not sure why....

Mike.

daveirl · 16-03-2003 4:45pm

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Sangre · 16-03-2003 5:17pm

Jonah Lomu got a similar offer I believe.

There are much better kickers then O'Gara, some of them wouldnt even play rugby. Imo O'Gara's true kicking abilities are from out of his hand. Must be agony for the opposition to watch them bounce an inch out of touch and then roll in.

spanner · 17-03-2003 1:33pm

what does o gara know about playing american football

and also (this would be for a person who plays both) which one of them is harder, i know the american football guys where padding but it still looks pretty sore

D-Generate · 17-03-2003 6:21pm

The only reason they need padding is because they decide to make the paddings cover hard, it is a vicous circle "I need padding to protect me from their padding", idiots. In my opinion rugby is the tougher sport from both an endurance and physical strength aspect.

Sangre · 17-03-2003 6:57pm

Yes I would agree that rugby would be a much more physically demanding sport endurance wise.

Plus O'Gara would hardly ever play. If he did move I cant imagine him being able to return to Munster any time soon.

Washout · 18-03-2003 11:26am

would you turn down the kind of money he is been offered to kick a football maybe twice or three times in a game?!?!?

spanner · 18-03-2003 12:13pm

it would be terrible to see him leave the irish game but thats a lot of money, if someone offered me that amount of money....

bucks73 · 18-03-2003 1:05pm

Kickers rarely get hit anyway so its not too demanding on them.

12m for a few kicks every game seems like a pretty good deal.

Even ex-Spurs striker Clive Allen played for a season with one of the NFL Europe teams a few years ago.

While he would be loss for Munster how could any young player turn down that kind of money. Plus he was born in San Diego so living there would not be entirely new to him.

Dempsey · 18-03-2003 8:31pm

Originally posted by spanner
what does o gara know about playing american football

and also (this would be for a person who plays both) which one of them is harder, i know the american football guys where padding but it still looks pretty sore

Doesn't need to know much. He'll only be kicking, he has a fair idea about how to do that.

Bad Idea of asking before the world cup and to a lesser extent the heineken cup, Ask him afterwards and he'll be more interested.

2 to 3mins a game for $100,000+ a week, Not bad.

spanner · 19-03-2003 1:00pm

do the kickers only come on to take the kicks in american football, **** thats handy money,

Dempsey · 19-03-2003 1:57pm

Thats all, and kick offs and punting the ball.

Sangre · 19-03-2003 3:12pm

Well he could easily do it after he retired from professional rugby. I cant see him leaving the game, their wouldn't be any passion or enthusiam in the American Football imo.

Makaveli · 21-03-2003 12:52am

Originally posted by dempseyt
Thats all, and kick offs and punting the ball.

And extra points and field goals.
Was he offered a contract as a punter or was it to kick field goals?

Dempsey · 21-03-2003 7:07pm

I took it for granted that he'd be taken field goals. I dont see why he cant do all kick related plays.

Makaveli · 21-03-2003 7:28pm

AFAIK there are two different kickers, well at least there used to be on a lot of teams.

adecartref · 24-03-2003 4:37pm

The rumour was that O'Gara was offered a $12 million - 4 year contract to take punts for the Miami Dolphins.

The average salary for a punter in the NFL is $350,000 per year, so the story seemed a nonsense from the start - much as the rumours that NFL scouts are falling over themselves to sign Ben Cohen and Johnny Wilkinson.

Miami have one of the leagues better punters in Mark Royals anyway and their kicker, Olindo Mare is the second most accurate in league history.

There is no sign of any comment on the official Miami Dolphins website and the UK Dolphins fans site has this...

"While amused, the Dolphins denied reports they offered Irish rugby star Ronan O'Gara a $12 million offer to be a punter. British television and The Irish Times reported Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga met with O'Gara in Ireland and expressed interest in signing him. Dolphins vice president Rick Spielman said he has never heard of O'Gara."

Brian O'Driscoll to join Miami Dolphins Football Team?!

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