EP 63 FATAL HEAD WOUNDS MAY SIDELINE FOOTBALL ALTOGETHER
Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he loves. And he’s not alone. Many recent columns and stories attest to the concern that many fans are having with the brutal residual effects of the game which leaves so many players with brain damage in addition to severe ambulatory problems. Will the love and profitability of the sport succumb to its ravages? Or will the forces involved–team owners, media, advertisers–aggressively defend a sport which daily becomes more untenable to many former fans.
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