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“When your own fans readily accept the data that your product is a killer — when concussion awareness outpaces deep-seated loyalty — your sport can’t remain mass-market entertainment forever. At some point, the morality questions around football will be too embarassing to ignore.”

Our product is a killer – Great new slogan for university football.

Margaret Soltan, March 17, 2015 2:07AM
Posted in: sport

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