As much as I love Football (of the major professional sports out there, it is easily my favorite), over time it has become all too clear that this sport is very dangerous to the players. Not too long ago there was mention on either a radio or ESPN show that a professional quarterback (I'm thinking it was Carson Palmer, but I could be wrong) noted that he feared one day someone would die on the football field. Another player noted that each game he played produced the equivalent trauma of several serious car crashes.
This article, from Time magazine, notes another of Football's many dangers to the players' health: Head trauma...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1957046,00.htmlSo, what is the solution? Is it even possible to remove the violence inherent in the sport or lessen its danger to players' bodies while still retaining what makes it such a great sport to watch?
I suspect, at least with regard to concussions/head trauma, this can never be entirely eliminated. Further, while I still love the sport, it does make me feel uncomfortable that I'm watching people doing things to their bodies (albeit for large quantities of money...at least on the professional side) that, in time, they will suffer from.