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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/08/against_football_author_steve_almond.php?page=all
This article - by an author with a book out by the same name - does a pretty good job of laying out all the problems surrounding of the Football Industrial Complex: long-term health of its players, the misogyny, the homophobia, the violence, the racial disparities, the labor issues. Also does a good job of looking at the different media mechanisms employed to keep the spotlight away from these issues.
It's getting harder and harder to justify the consumption of football in its current form based on the player health issue alone. You can call it the pussification of America if you'd like, but when you look at the consummate badasses of the previous decades who can barely walk or speak - or live - and continue to pump thousands of dollars and hours into a league that is using all legal (and illegal) means available to keep information out of the hands of the general public and those who play the game. The cognitive dissonance required to consume football is getting almost too much.
This article - by an author with a book out by the same name - does a pretty good job of laying out all the problems surrounding of the Football Industrial Complex: long-term health of its players, the misogyny, the homophobia, the violence, the racial disparities, the labor issues. Also does a good job of looking at the different media mechanisms employed to keep the spotlight away from these issues.
It's getting harder and harder to justify the consumption of football in its current form based on the player health issue alone. You can call it the pussification of America if you'd like, but when you look at the consummate badasses of the previous decades who can barely walk or speak - or live - and continue to pump thousands of dollars and hours into a league that is using all legal (and illegal) means available to keep information out of the hands of the general public and those who play the game. The cognitive dissonance required to consume football is getting almost too much.