It sort of was a "sports analogy to war." It was created after the American Civil War, which killed around 1 million people, and football was at least in part

It sort of was a "sports analogy to war." It was created after the American Civil War, which killed around 1 million people, and football was at least in part an attempt to "keep our Ivy League boys tough." Now people do it for the money, pride, or fame. Football, like pankration, creates incredible athletes, but that doesn't mean that the sport should still exist.