Against Football

Against Football

2014 • 178 pages

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Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.

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This made me so mad. After the recent anthem policy, this history of the NFL lobbying for tax-exemption, scamming billions from cities to fund their stadiums, to the physical concussion denial and treatment of player health the NFL is just sickening.

June 12, 2018

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