Lately I have noticed that any of my posts that are even remotely sexual get a lot more hits than other posts. <\/p>\n
The exception? Posts about football.
\nFootball gets more views than anything. <\/p>\n
This will surprise no one.
\nThe sex part, I mean. Everyone knows how popular sex is. The football part is a little surprising to me, but I suppose it’s America. Football is the new American arena sport. Instead of gladiators, we have young men in tight pants and shoulder pads. Instead of maces and tridents, they have footballs. We aren’t allowed to feed anyone to the lions, so we let these highly trained young men give each other traumatic brain injuries in the name of entertainment instead.<\/p>\n
Uh…yeah. I’m a college football fan. Cognitive dissonance much?<\/p>\n
A little bit, yes. It’s really hard for me intellectually to justify throwing a bunch of young men onto a field and letting them hurt each other for entertainment. Even if the injuries are not the main attraction, they are still a frequent side effect. The pros are well paid, but there are an awful lot of high school and college players getting injured who never make it to a pay day. <\/p>\n
Scholarships? Sure. That’s a very fair trade for playing a game, but the diagnosed and undiagnosed permanent injuries give me pause. Especially the brain injuries. How much brain damage does a scholarship compensate for? <\/p>\n
If the rate of injury was as high among academic scholarship holders, would most of them accept the risk? <\/p>\n
Is there an acceptable rate of possibly undiagnosed and indiscernible potential future disability for high school and college players? Is it ethical for an institution with the stated purpose of eduction to expect recruits to sign off on it?<\/p>\n
At what point does it become an issue for OSHA?<\/p>\n
I wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"