Should I Still Watch Football?
We all know the mantra, because it’s true: baseball isn’t America’s favorite pastime anymore, that title belongs to (American) football. Based on the way it’s portrayed in our media and supported with larger and larger chunks of our collective incomes you could be forgiven for mistaking it for a national religion. But I’m having a harder time than ever justifying support of this sport. Between the insatiable greed present at its uppermost levels and an undercurrent of violence leading to an epidemic of brain injuries that has largely been swept under the rug, is supporting this sport moral? Full disclosure: it may be easier for me to write pessimistically about football, as my favorite teams are hard to root for. My Houston Texans are mired in perpetual mediocrity thanks to a mixture of poor draft choices and bad luck (my hometown Colts aren’t any better). On the rare occasions I see them on TV it’s usually a massive disappointment. As for m...