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bonarae
January 28th, 2013, 10:25 PM
In organized baseball, baseball families/dynasties are IMHO on their way out, due to the Latin and Asian invasions happening in baseball right now... what about the coaches? Is it also happening to them as well right now?

Is it also happening in the NFL? I know of former players whose sons: flamed out in the high school or college levels (see Joe Montana's), succeeded in other sports (see the daughters of Bubba Paris and John Stephens), died young (see Mark Rypien's, but Rypien's daughter was featured as playing in the Legends Football League) or who are too medically unstable to play sports (see Jim Kelly's, but Kelly's son has long since passed away), but one current player has gone to the extreme.

Jay Cutler's fiancee wants their son to avoid football at all. What are their son's other viable options? Soccer? Tennis? Baseball? Basketball? Golf? Or even Hollywood? (For Hollywood, I know it's not sports, but it's often the only other way to become famous.)

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/8890990/jay-cutler-chicago-bears-fiancee-kristin-cavallari-want-son-play-football

What are other examples did I miss out? Or do such families only exist today up to the college level anymore? xchinscratchx

citdog
January 28th, 2013, 11:13 PM
the Sexxxtons come, clears throat, to mind.

Bisonoline
January 29th, 2013, 12:14 AM
There was a time that it was rare to have two family members in the bigs.