"James Baron" is a former arena football defensive lineman in the Arena Football League. He was the Arena Football League Players Association's (AFLPA) president as well.

In his career, Baron has played for the Detroit Lions, the Nashville Kats, the Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Rush. He was one of only two players to play in all 80 games with the original Nashville Kats franchise, including ten postseason contests, quarterback Andy Kelly (American football)/Andy Kelly being the other. He also had a streak of 131 consecutive games played (including playoffs), which came to an end when he missed the first two games of the 2005 Arena Football League season/2005 season with a foot injury. He also is the Kats' franchise leader in Quarterback sack/sacks with 34. He also holds team records for sacks in one season with 7.0.

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Everybody has to deal with injuries. That's part of football life. Football is all about adjusting, and if you can't adjust you are not going to be a good football team anyway.

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It's fun, and it helps the league as a whole as far as recognition is concerned. A lot of these guys have kids, but they will probably play the game more than their kids do.

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