Conor McGregor, even in defeat, is one of the best athletes in the planet. That’s because any person classified as a “professional athlete” is really good at sports relative to the rest of Earth’s population. A highly trained athlete makes a sport look easy, and some dork just trying to look like a pro athlete will look, well, like some dork.
Unless you make professional athletes attempt to play sports they’re not a pro at. That’s when things can get hilarious. Put an NBA sharpshooter in ice skates and make them attempt a slap shot. It’s not so simple, is it? All those years of highly specialized training is what creates that professionalism, after all. And when you work fighting in a cage every day for years of your life in Ireland you might not have ever, say, played what the Americans call football.
That definitely looks to be the case for Conor McGregor, who on Sunday attended the Dallas Cowboys home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Looking his usual dapper self in a suit, he got a chance to go on the field at AT&T Stadium and tried his best to huck a football and, well, there’s a first time for everything.
https://twitter.com/cjzer0/status/1051603773662089218
That form really is something, isn’t it? He’s like, sidearming the ball but also… not? It’s like a shot put without the spin beforehand. I think it rotated the way a spiral is supposed to. That’s really the best we can do as far as compliments here. Conor, the throwing motion needs some work buddy.
Let’s take another look.
Conor McGregor, Launch Angle Throw. @TroyRallings pic.twitter.com/o0cuxWmKUx
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 14, 2018
It’s clear now that he did not step into that throw at all. It’s really poor form. Probably not projected to be a high pick in the upcoming draft. McGregor still looks better than Nathan Peterman, who should not be allowed near a football anymore if he knows what’s good for him. We’re worried about you, Nathan. Even Conor said something about it.
