Who needs the NFL?

[mac56]

https://www.cfl.ca/

[gratuitous]

1. Short answer: Nobody

After that report came out of post-mortems on the brains of former players, all but one of them showed signs of CTE. I've been a fan of football for nearly 50 years, but when that report came out I had to do some thinking. For years, I'd overlooked the former players who spent their last days in terrible pain. The players who cut their lives short using performance enhancing drugs. The players who had been crippled or maimed for life.

Then that report came out. And I finally said to myself, "I'm watching young men grind up their brains for my entertainment." Well, no more. I just can't watch anymore. It doesn't matter if they're being paid millions of dollars or playing for free. To my mind, it's blood sport, and I won't be a part of it. Did I miss it? Yeah, particularly at first. But as last season went on I missed it less and less. In spite of pro football's ubiquity, I've been able to avoid it or tune it out, and I don't miss it so much anymore.

[lunatica]

2. I was very unpopular with my son when I objected to him playing in High School

That was over 25 years ago. How could the physical harm done not be obvious to everyone? I’m thankful he never got hurt. At least not in an obvious way.

The day will come when we collectively see it as being a savage game, just like we see the gladiator games of the Roman Empire.

[Aristus]

3. Not me.

I've been done for quite a while...

[malaise]

4. They appear more concerned about kneeling than

brain damage

[marble falls]

5. Not me.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Anyone who doesn't like NFL football ...

It' very simple.

Don't watch it.

[mac56]

7. Anyone who wants to reward bullying tactics...

It's very simple.

Watch it.

[left-of-center2012]

8. People differ ...

On who are the bullies.

[mac56]

9. Okay, I'll play.

Who do you think are the bullies?

[mac56]

10. * crickets *