A solid link has been made between brain injuries and football. It seems to be inherent in the game; if you play football, regardless of any possible safety equipment and perhaps because of the equipment (like with boxing and gloves), you risk serious, and potentially irreversible brain damage. Knowing this, every time I see anything about the game, it makes me a little sick.
The only thing that at all removes a bit of the disgust is that the people playing the sport choose to play it, and are generally very well paid. However, when I stop and think about what it means for fans to support the game, I am repulsed in a completely different way. It is one thing to do a dangerous job knowing that inevitably in the process you will be repeatedly injured in ways that will forever change you in negative ways.
