… with a Frontline investigative report (League of Denial) due in October, just keep in mind that this brain injuring violence is happening at universities, where that organ is supposedly being nurtured.
Think about it. We recruit young men to our universities in order for them to get their brains bashed in.
Only in America.
Mark Fainaru-Wada, an investigative journalist… said that it was difficult for viewers who watch the game on television at home to really appreciate how violent professional football actually is, something that came as a shock to him when he covered his first San Francisco 49ers game.
“I remember being down there for the first time and being both utterly shocked and terrified at what I was seeing,” he said. Watching the game on “TV or even being in person [in the stands] does not do justice to how violent, how fast, how loud the sport is… When you’re down on the field, even on the sidelines, it’s remarkable and it’s terrifying.”
I know, I know. What a sissy.
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PS: Note the song that accompanies the program’s trailer:
Hear the screams from everywhere
I’m addicted to the thrill
It’s a dangerous love affair…
August 9th, 2013 at 9:05AM
Love your 2nd paragraph in particular; just tweeted it.