Greetings Chiefs fans... Still rooting for to yinz win the AFC west. Keep the faith!
Anyway, I wrote this item about the posted topic.
NFL football fans, including myself, like to say, ‘I don’t want to see players injured.’ But, indeed it is, and always has been, a part of the game. You can’t convince me that the NFL game isn’t just a small step down from the Roman Coliseum. Truth be told, the violent aspect is what has made the game a phenomenal success. Long before the forward pass became an important part of the modern game, people were sitting in stadiums across the nation watching the collisions. After all, water coolers were around in the 1950's.
Witnessing real violence is very compelling. We are not so unlike the 50,000 people who used to gather in Rome, in the first century, to view the show. Don’t we enjoy rubbernecking traffic accidents on the highway? It seems to be inherent. Read More
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