Didn't McDonald play for 49ers yesterday after his coach Harbaugh had said he had a zero tolerance for DV???
Whenever I see an NFL player do something crazy or violent I always wonder how we expect these players to be civil when they are trained to play a sport with the objective of taking each other out on almost every play. One play described the effects of an NFL game as akin to being involved in multiple motor vehicle accidents. We have already seen the effects of football on the human brain. The women that date these men literally take their lives in their own hands.
While I don't at all agree with your last sentence, I do concur with your assessment concerning the violence of the sport. Personally, I've never watched the NFL or college football, but what I have seen is the Frontline special about the repercussions concussions have on the brain, and let me tell you that Goodell, imo, along with the other league commissioners before him (at least the one that immediately preceded him), should be held criminally responsible for their blatant cover ups and refusal to acknowledge the mental and physical consequences of playing this "sport." Their "official doctors," too. They're all a joke. I'm not saying that the other sports leagues are innocent, but I don't believe, to my limited knowledge, that the other sports inflict such damage upon it's players, who then subsequently inflict such violence on even those who love them the most. It's a disgusting sport, imo.
On a related note, I wonder if hockey players suffer similar fates once they retire, given the fact that instead of actually playing hockey, as in the Olympics, these guys are essentially nothing more than boxers and mma fighters on ice. My personal favorite thing about the NHL is how the officials just stand there and let the guys beat the
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