Isn't this a bit ... lame (no pun intended). I'm not a football fan, but violence is definitely part of what makes it exciting to me, when I do watch. As a soc

Isn't this a bit ... lame (no pun intended). I'm not a football fan, but violence is definitely part of what makes it exciting to me, when I do watch. As a society, we need ways for people to get out aggression in a generally non-harmful way. Note that I'm not arguing against making football safer for players, but rather against the elimination of violent sport. Maybe robo-football? There's just something fun about beating a consenting opponent to the ground.