In the cool light of Monday morning, I really do wonder whether this episode should be a breaking point with me on the NFL. I love the competition. The game itself is compelling, I mean, when the Patriots aren’t literally putting me to sleep laying waste to teams as happened this weekend.
But between CTE, civil rights, unfair labor practices, the league’s problems with violence, women, and civil rights, and the fact that it really does seem multi-faceted and pervasive, I wonder how I can keep tuning in. Yeah, the Pats eventually did the right thing, I guess (almost certainly not for moral reasons), but doesn’t that just underscore the point that but for that last straw, it was business as usual?
I would honestly change the station rather than watch the Cosby Show or listen to Michael Jackson, or watch Kevin Spacey, knowing what I know now. How do i reconcile that with tuning in the NFL? I don’t really expect a good answer from football fans, but it has me thinking. Maybe it’s just harder for me to quit this. But I’m not sure that’s a good excuse.
But between CTE, civil rights, unfair labor practices, the league’s problems with violence, women, and civil rights, and the fact that it really does seem multi-faceted and pervasive, I wonder how I can keep tuning in. Yeah, the Pats eventually did the right thing, I guess (almost certainly not for moral reasons), but doesn’t that just underscore the point that but for that last straw, it was business as usual?
I would honestly change the station rather than watch the Cosby Show or listen to Michael Jackson, or watch Kevin Spacey, knowing what I know now. How do i reconcile that with tuning in the NFL? I don’t really expect a good answer from football fans, but it has me thinking. Maybe it’s just harder for me to quit this. But I’m not sure that’s a good excuse.