The football paradox

True or false? The more football players are protected by pads and helmets, the more likely they are to be seriously injured.

Football Does a Body Good

The American Spectator : Football Does a Body Good. The old debate on football is alive and well.

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CTE, the concussion crisis, and an economic look at the end of football - Grantland

I blogged about John J. Miller's book on the origins of football yesterday, but this morning I saw an article that, like an echo of the game's early controversies, predicted the end of football. See CTE, the concussion crisis, and an economic look at the end of football.

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Football is life itself

Margaret Wente: College football is America's true religion. This statement was prompted by the Penn State mess. Joe Paterno was fired. If you didn't notice, the school's president was also fired, but nobody rioted about that.

You can tell a lot about a civilization from its monuments. The Greeks built temples to the gods. The Romans constructed roads and aqueducts. The United States built railroads, skyscrapers, majestic post-office buildings and public libraries. Today, it builds temples of worship called football stadiums. This may not be the end of empire, but sometimes it feels that way.