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Against football one fan's reluctant manifesto
-- Against Football? Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?? What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood?run, leap, throw, tackle?into a billion-dollar industry?? How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning? There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America?s favorite game with such searing candor. From the Hardcover edition.
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2053431131#Topic/football_moral_and_ethical_aspects
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2053431131#Place/united_states
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2053431131#Topic/nervous_system_incl_brain
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2053431131#Topic/football_united_states_miscellanea
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2053431131#Topic/sports
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- "Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior."
- "-- Against Football? Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?? What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood?run, leap, throw, tackle?into a billion-dollar industry?? How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning? There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America?s favorite game with such searing candor. From the Hardcover edition."@en
- ""We love football so much we've become blind to its dangers ... Medical research confirms what the the headlines keep reporting: football causes brain damage ... It's not just the pros who are suffering, either. Children and teenagers are susceptible to the same sorts of injuries, with the same long-term results - perhaps even more so. But football's psychological and economic hazards - though more subtle - are just as profound ... Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond steps back from the seductive din of the gridiron to ask ... what does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood - run, leap, throw, tackle - into a billion-dollar industry? How did a sport that causes brain damage become the leading signifier of our institutions of higher learning? Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism and homophobia?"--Publisher's description."@en