Yep type 2 diabetes, hyper tension, higher risk of cancer and not living to average life expectancy is awesome.
Lot of these players that play the line put a toll on their bodies in forcing themselves to eat and keep weight up. Known of a few of them after their playing days that trim down. Interesting George Wil wrote an article few years ago about how much larger players are today and the health risk that comes along with it. I love my football don't get me wrong. It is a tradeoff of course and players are bigger and quicker today than 30 years ago.
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