Talk:Sam Bradford

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[edit] Abbr in infobox

I changed the QB abbreviation in the infobox to Quarterback because I think it is better to use the full name as opposed to the abbreviation as it gives more detail to somebody who may not be familiar with the sport well enough to know abbreviations. My change was reverted. I am going to change it back in hopes the person who reverted my change will comment here before reverting back. This definitely isn't something to get into a revert war over.↔NMajdan•talk 23:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I reverted it, because we are using abbreviations for football positions basically everywhere on Wikipedia, and since “QB” links to quarterback everyone who does not know what “QB” means knows where to look. By the way, someone who does not know anything about football won't know what a “quarterback” is anyway. He will have to read the quarterback article whether we write “Quarterback” in this article's infobox or not. ––Bender235 08:15, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I still think when we have enough room, and there is more than enough in this template, we should try to not use abbreviations. But, I'm not too concerned about it.↔NMajdan•talk 16:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cherokee

I don't think the fact that Bradford is Cherokee has anything to do with his football carrer. Articles such as Malcolm Kelly or Jason White dont mention their race. I am going to delete the part about his 1/16th Cherokee blood and this grandma Walkingstick in a few days if no one has any comments against it.--CPacker (talk) 23:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, very few Native Americans are the starting QB for a major university. Now, if there was a source that said this, I would think it would be worth mentioning in the article. But, you're right, just saying he's Cherokee probably shouldn't be in there. We need a source that says why this is significant.↔NMajdan•talk 15:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Nmajdan that the fact that Bradford is Native American is worth to be mentioned, although not in the lead. --Bender235 (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for changing it Bender235, it is alot better now.--CPacker (talk) 20:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)