Update: 87 out of 91 Deceased NFL Players Test Positive for Brain Disease – From Frontline (pbs.org)
Update: Chris Borland Retiring Due To Head Injury Concerns.
**Update—Thanks to reddit: A 30-sec Super Bowl ad costs more than ALL of Sunday’s QB base salaries combined [OC]
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The New York Times asks, “Is It Immoral to Watch the Super Bowl?”
If football routinely results in brain injury, is watching football (ie, sponsoring it) immoral, a la supporting a pointless war, or a sort of mild, lower-class sacrificial Hunger Games?
I think so. And yet, I’m still watching next Sunday. Am I not walking my talk, here?
Full article: here.
The same question could be, and has been, applied to climbing: should sponsors support “heroes” who sacrifice their safety and, too often, lives, for the momentary bliss of adrenalin and extreme risk and, in so doing, inspire the next generation to do the same?
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