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It will be a slow process, but you hear parents now saying they would never let their children play, while when I was growing up, parents encouraged their child
by Clubber 9y ago
It will be a slow process, but you hear parents now saying they would never let their children play, while when I was growing up, parents encouraged their children to play.
College is a feeder to the NFL. High school is a feeder to College, etc. Once you limit the source of nourishment, it will die in it's current state, but it will take a while.
- softawre 9y agoAgreed. My kids are kindergarten age now and I won't let them play football.
- roguecoder 9y agoCollege donors can also have an impact here. Right now, football makes colleges money. There's been recent controversy over Wesleyan, for example, focusing on football because of the money it makes: https://slate.com/culture/2017/12/wesleyan-university-football-is-good-business.html https://slate.com/culture/2017/12/wesleyan-university-footba... If donors stopped giving in response to football and started demanding accountability for the long-term effects of the sport, it could have a major effect. It may also require coordinated action, since no one wants to be the first college to give up the cash cow. This is where action by the NCAA or even legislation would be helpful.