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Bob Costas on the future of football: 'This game destroys people's brains'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ins/842904001/
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For most of these guys, playing in the NBA is the penultimate. Once more people deny their children the opportunity to play football, the sport will die. It’s already happening. |
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Hell, people are already complaining about the quality of play. Can you imagine if the league becomes like the World Football League or NFL Europe or the XFL? The money will go away, which is why municipalities are foolish to invest $2 billion plus in stadiums. |
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I'm not talking about football being outlawed by any kind of external authority. If they can detect CTE in high school, college, and mid-career NFL players it would destroy the talent base, even if the test is optional and they let players continue to play in spite of being diagnosed.
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'Penultimate' isn't a very useful word. It means "next to the last", which has the same amount of syllables but has a much more clear meaning. It seems that a lot of folks think it means the "ultimate", as in the best or most extreme, but it actually just means "second from the last".
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I hope that people understand that the juice is worth the squeeze. At the same time they can always work the technology etc to make the game safer, etc. Knowing everything I know about CTE, I would still go back and play football in middle school and high school just like I did, and if we are daydreaming, I would have played in college and beyond. I hope that there are still plenty of people out there like that. |
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It’s no different than boxing. Everyone knew that hits to head and concussions could cause brain damage. The extent of that damage is relatively new information. Why would this sport be in any more danger than boxing? People will know the risks and some will choose to do it for the chance of millions of dollars with the opportunity to retire in their 30’s. The amount of people who allow their children to play will definitely go down but that won’t stop young adults.
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Costas is a baseball douchebag and he's always resented football for overtaking baseball as America's favorite pastime.
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Penultimate has been repurposed as being the top of the chain |
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Speak for yourselves, football in Texas is soaring in popularity. High school coaches get paid over 100,000 and stadiums are full every Friday night!
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It's going to take decades for the NFL to die off. Bob Costas will be burning in hell before it folds.
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Costas hates football & always has.
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