Remember that these are brave young men, and yes, that “brave” is an appropriate adjective.
The NFL isn’t actual combat, and the players aren’t actual soldiers, but the men in the arena are worthy of your admiration and respect for putting so much on the line.
We’ve all seen devastating NFL injuries over the decades, from Darryl Stingley’s to Dennis Byrd’s to Kevin Everett’s to Ryan Shazier’s. But the sport is dangerous enough even at the high school level to lead to tragic results. Eight years ago, Tom Cutinella, a Long Island teenager with designs on attending West Point, lost his life to an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit.
Few professionals risk more than football players do, and that’s a chief reason NFL games are the most popular shows on American TV. We are addicted to the action, the contact, the brutality of the engagement. The game is entertainment when observed from that couch Goodell was talking about, but it’s something quite different when watched from point-blank range.
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