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I'm guessing this guy didn't get picked (alot) for the backyard games...

sofla, really.....the voice of reason = who'd have thought it

1.) while college players don't collect a check, (scholarship) players get compensated, and 2.) unlike dog-fighting, the players aren't playing against their own will.

Agree. Gladwell is a great writer and thinker.
Boxing, or whatever they call it today, amazes me that it still survives. In football, players sometimes get concussions in pursuit of the goals of the game which are to make touchdowns and score points. In boxing, one way to win is to "knock out" your opponent. The goal of the game is to concuss your opponent. Wow!

CFB is my favorite sport. With that being said, I find the hypocrisy of it all revolting. The NFL needs to do the right thing and establish a minor league in which kids could be paid to play coming out of HS. Those who choose to got to college should not be drafted for 3 years. Same as baseball. It hasn't hurt the game of BB, and it won't kill FB. Sure the game will look much different, but at least we'd get rid of the current system of corruption and greed. The fact that colleges don't want to give up their cash cow, and the NFL doesn't want to spend the money starting a minor league, says a lot about what the sport is all about. $$$$$$$$$$$$$. This should not be the case where colleges are concerned.

No, but apparently you do?

Maybe we don't really care what Gladwell is saying? Maybe we are okay with our blinders on and don't care about the "sausage making" of football?

Did you ever think about that as a possibility?

Perhaps we are okay with the way things are and aren't receptive to hearing some clown in a suit tell us why we shouldn't want or watch football. Some of us aren't looking for an altruistic approach to football.

This is the same reason why people watched the gladiator sports of past and present. Some of us are okay with the nastiness, blood and guts and understand that someone is likely to get fracked up both on and off the field.

Its football dude. No two bones about it. So Gladwell can stop with the bullshit and leave the sport alone. Plain and simple.

Maybe some on the board don't understand that this perspective exists no matter how many articles that you write, females you introduce into the game and books that are written about the "unfairness" of the business of football.

Okay. I'm done now.

Really??? You can get hurt in all sports maybe he should stop writing cause he might hurt his hand and wrist. Wth is up with people should we all just sit in a box all day and be safe STUPID!! Why should these kids not be able to use thier talents. I mean he used his so called talent to write this crap and nobody is wanting to stop him. I hate stupid people even more when they are able to put what they are thinking out there.

What about all the kids that get to go to college on scholarship that otherwise would not go. Think about all the jobs that are created because of football, these kids on all 3 divisions get to have a chance at earning a degree that will set up their life and their career. Tell me how that's bad? These kids that dont go to the nfl still have a degree to fall back on, and are way better off in life for being able to go to college. Think how that would effect the economy. That's thousands of less people without a degree if college football is canceled, correct? Isn't better to have people go to college with degrees then working at subway or living on welfare? Is their a bunch of greed in college football? Hell yes there is, and that's life. Humans in general have ALWAYS been greedy, so I'm ok with it. I don't feel like I'm being screwed here, it is what it is and I except that. Their greed does create jobs, think about concessions, janators, physical therapists, secretaries, and other support staff of a football program the size of OSU. Isn't that also true?

And your point is...........??

And if they brought that shit back today, I would go and watch that too.

You're just egging him on now.

The way I read it, Gladwell is saying that big time college football is not consistent with vision of university education. Also, it's really dangerous. He's talking reality when he talks about injuries. He's talking "the way things should be in his mind" when he suggests that college football should be banned. High School, College, and even Pro Football is such a part of our social fabric that none of it is going to be banned in our lifetimes. I believe he acknowledges that at the end of the interview. It's wishful thinking on his part at best.

Coherency is a mutha.

Thanks Jimmy!

+1

Na Dude I ain't mad. I am "Nasty", hence the name.

Just tired of people screwing (or at least trying) with the game dude. That's all.

If Gladwell doesn't like it, then he can walk away and go do/ watch something else.

That's all. We live in the US (not a progressive US) and there are other choices. He should
respect our rights to have shit left alone.