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How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:23 pm
by U4EA
Fascinating article on American football and the longterm mental issues that players have to deal with. Also compares it with dogfighting in that it's fundamentally a betrayal of trust to the players/dogs from their respective "owners".
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009 ... ntPage=all
Re: How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:36 pm
by Whiskey 7
Good read, started .... but have to come back & finish as it is long
I never understood the apparent fascination with 'football', especially the aggressive contact varieties; the non sphere shaped ball ones.
Wonder. is that because I played soccer in my early years and can still talk about it
Re: How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:40 pm
by LawL
Hand egg.
Re: How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:09 am
by Captain
At least dogs don't murder their girlfriends and then commit suicide.
Re: How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:40 am
by SOAPboy
I dunno. Mike Vick might know. Should ask him.
Re: How different are dogfighting and football?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:49 am
by Eraser
Incidentally, this was posted over at slashdot:
"On the heels of the latest NFL suicide, researchers announced today that 34 NFL players whose brains were studied suffered from CTE, a degenerative brain disease brought on by repeated hits to the head that results in confusion, depression and, eventually, dementia.
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12 ... fl-players