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NYC_SKP

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1. Both, we wouldn't have one without the other.

Reply to B2G (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 12:50 PM

Sep 2014

Why all the interest in violent contact sports to begin with?

How have superbowl tickets gone from $6.00 to $800.00 and more?

The AA angle is significant, feeding any cultural notion that black men can't be executives but they sure can be violent and beat the shit of each other (not my POV, but one that's encouraged by the NFL, IMO).

But the whole thing is a huge mess.

It's bread and circuses all over again.

And fans are partly to blame.

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Is this really an "NFL problem" [View all] B2G Sep 2014 OP

Both, we wouldn't have one without the other. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

Yes it is really a problem with the NFL. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #2

Why in the hell is the NFL's responsibility to deal with domestic violence? jakefrep Sep 2014 #4

It is not just a cultural problem cali Sep 2014 #3