OT: What's with the water bottles nowadays?

[Dove]

I flicked to a game with my wife in the room and she's watching some football. She sees a water crew come out to the field during a play stoppage and asks why players don't just take a bottle and drink themselves. I had no answer. And for the past few seasons we have seen the water crews squirting water into the the gaping maws of the players without wondering the same. Even tonight I saw a waterboy point a bottle at a head coaches face...I mean wtf?

Did a player get seriously hurt taking his own drink that suddenly players and coaches can't touch a water bottle? Is it a union thing?

 

[Nostical]

Players are not permitted to hold bottles of liquid while on the field.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Perhaps it saves water not to let every player have there own water bottle? Maybe it's faster? Maybe it's there job? I've honestly wondered that myself. There are some who just take the bottle themselves, but I have no idea

 

[Scoe]

it could be to prevent a flu bug from going around the team

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Cmon, they don't give out trophies for self-service water drinking.

 

[RioDog]

Tendonitis of the hand, better known as "bottle finger" is reaching epidemic levels in both the collegiate and pro ranks...

 

[SAMCRO]

It started with the Cretan archers in the eastern Mediterranean during the classical and Hellenistic periods. They had slaves who gave them their water directly to avoid slippage on their bows. The Roman republic and empire adopted this method of hydration when using the Cretans as auxiliary troops. As the empire expanded, this method grew in popularity working its way to Western Europe. During the revolutionary this made its way to the American shores as Cornwall was a huge advocate. Once the Colonies Militias / Minute Men and their Indian scouts got wind of it, it became all the rave throughout the colonies. This is why you sometimes hear football players refer to themselves as warriors and going to battle.... It has nothing to do with the competition and physicality of the sport, and everything to do with water bottles.

 

[Dove]

It started with the Cretan archers in the eastern Mediterranean during the classical and Hellenistic periods. They had slaves who gave them their water directly to avoid slippage on their bows. The Roman republic and empire adopted this method of hydration when using the Cretans as auxiliary troops. As the empire expanded, this method grew in popularity working its way to Western Europe. During the revolutionary this made its way to the American shores as Cornwall was a huge advocate. Once the Colonies Militias / Minute Men and their Indian scouts got wind of it, it became all the rave throughout the colonies. This is why you sometimes hear football players refer to themselves as warriors and going to battle.... It has nothing to do with the competition and physicality of the sport, and everything to do with water bottles.

Thanks for that. I admit I posted spontaneously and without any research.

 

[BlueDogs]

The correct answer is it is a TSA rule that no more than 3 ounces may be brought onto the field unless it is in a see through bottle held by someone other than the drinker.

 

[sportsart]

I'm thinking it's to keep the sweat cooties to a minimum. Can you imagine the sweat from 30 players being mixed together?

 

[HuskyBandDad]

It started with the Cretan archers in the eastern Mediterranean during the classical and Hellenistic periods. They had slaves who gave them their water directly to avoid slippage on their bows. The Roman republic and empire adopted this method of hydration when using the Cretans as auxiliary troops. As the empire expanded, this method grew in popularity working its way to Western Europe. During the revolutionary this made its way to the American shores as Cornwall was a huge advocate. Once the Colonies Militias / Minute Men and their Indian scouts got wind of it, it became all the rave throughout the colonies. This is why you sometimes hear football players refer to themselves as warriors and going to battle.... It has nothing to do with the competition and physicality of the sport, and everything to do with water bottles.

This is the smartest thing I have read on the boneyard in a while.

 

[BoatShow]

It started with the Cretan archers in the eastern Mediterranean during the classical and Hellenistic periods. They had slaves who gave them their water directly to avoid slippage on their bows. The Roman republic and empire adopted this method of hydration when using the Cretans as auxiliary troops. As the empire expanded, this method grew in popularity working its way to Western Europe. During the revolutionary this made its way to the American shores as Cornwall was a huge advocate. Once the Colonies Militias / Minute Men and their Indian scouts got wind of it, it became all the rave throughout the colonies. This is why you sometimes hear football players refer to themselves as warriors and going to battle.... It has nothing to do with the competition and physicality of the sport, and everything to do with water bottles.

 

[RioDog]

This is the smartest thing I have read on the boneyard in a while.

It made my brain hurt.

 

[RedStickHusky]

It made my brain hurt.

I just moved it to Wikipedia.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I just moved it to Wikipedia.

Wait, Wikipedia accepted Rio's brain? Shocking!

 

[RioDog]

Wait, Wikipedia accepted Rio's brain? Shocking!

More shocking than you can imagine Da Aisijimo Gou, or should I say "Large Eskimo Dog"? HA!