# The off-field lives of Big 4 athletes **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 22, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831 "2012-12-22T14:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/1 "2012-12-22T14:15:40Z")
How are these time windows important to a Big 4 US (NFL,NBA,NHL,MLB) athlete, as a person: NFL:Mother’s Day-Thanksgiving MLB:Valentine’s Day-Independence Day NHL/NBA:Columbus Day-Valentine’s Day Clue: Think back to Jr High Science Disclaimer: Yes I was bored/am weird PS-When the answer is given, I’m curious about this for not US athletes. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/2 "2012-12-27T23:58:36Z")
Since we’ve had 265 views with no bites, here’s the answer: These are the windows player have to conceive kids without worrying about missing games. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/3 "2012-12-28T00:31:32Z")
You like it rough, I take it. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/4 "2012-12-28T00:46:27Z")
Very nice **Lamar** , well played. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/5 "2012-12-28T01:04:54Z")
I predict we’re gonna see a LOT of NHL players having kids throughout the next season. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/6 "2012-12-28T08:35:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Since we’ve had 265 views with no bites, here’s the answer: > > These are the windows player have to conceive kids without worrying about missing games. I thought all those leagues were played by males. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/7 "2012-12-28T10:50:24Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I thought all those leagues were played by males. Most men want to be in the room when their children are born. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/8 "2012-12-28T10:55:53Z")
^ That’s a recent thing. For most of history, men pretty much left the screaming, oogy childbirth thing strictly to the women. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/9 "2012-12-28T11:21:32Z")
Most want to be in the room when it’s conceived. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/10 "2012-12-28T11:27:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Most men want to be in the room when their children are born. Even those who want to, do not need to. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/11 "2012-12-28T11:58:02Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Most want to be in the room when it’s conceived. Even those who want to, do not need to. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/12 "2012-12-28T14:29:48Z")
Wow, y’all. Identical down to the punctuation! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/13 "2012-12-28T14:45:49Z")
_glares suspiciously at **TriPolar** _ ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/14 "2012-12-28T18:38:58Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Wow, y’all. Identical down to the punctuation! I think that was the point of **TriPolar’s** post. (Well that and to elicit a chuckle, which he succeeded at in my case.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/15 "2012-12-28T19:57:46Z")
Either that or Nava and TriPolar are carrying on a trans-continental affair and one accidentally left the SDMB signed in on a laptop and posted and then realized it wasn’t their username and posted again. That’s what _I_ heard, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-off-field-lives-of-big-4-athletes/644831/16 "2012-12-28T20:00:36Z")
Except they responded to two different posts. Tripolar’s was an “I saw what you did there” moment.