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In reply to the discussion: BOYCOTT SUPERBOWL [View all]angrychair
(8,594 posts)Just as is the case with high school and college football, there is a far better use of our time and money than this nonsense.
We have very real issues and abject consumerism and raw aggression is not going to fix it.
Guess what organization has lied, bullied and bribed those connected to concussion research and its impact on young athletes and adult players? Following the lead of oil industry on lead gas and tobacco industry on cigarettes, the NFL did everything it could to avoid and hide the data.
Guess what individual program gets the most funding in high school? The football program. (All this while music, art and drama are cut completely)
Guess who the highest paid state employee is in almost every state in the country? The state college football coach.
Even the Lady Gaga half time show is about her paycheck and abject consumerism and glorification of a lifestyle that 99% of people will never know.