Posted by Jay Livingston
Every couple of years, I'll see a piece about the reality of pro football that makes me want to stop watching. This time, it was a nicely edited piece (here) that Greg Bishop at the Times stitched together from interviews with Kris Jenkins, a former interior lineman for the Jets and Panthers.
N.F.L. fans, people outside, they have no clue what goes on. This isn’t like playing Madden.After I read an article like this, I may leave the TV off for a week or two, maybe more if it’s early in the season and the weather is still like summer. But eventually I go back. So do the players, even though they know all too well the immediate pain and the long-term damage.
You ever been in a car crash? . . . Football is like that. But 10 times worse. It’s hell.
There aren’t too many places a 400-pound guy with an attitude can go and beat the crap out of somebody and not get locked up for it.The entire article is worth reading.
2 comments:
But yet, people keep watching.
I don't get it and I never will.
You could always try boxing, where causing pain and beating your opponent senseless aren't a means to a goal. They are the goal.
Maybe bear baiting will make a comeback.
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