The community building aspects of sports is a valid point, however, I find the NFL to be an absolutely grotesque organization for 3 reason: 1.) The way they have covered up and downplayed the issue of how the sport inflicts traumatic levels of brain damage on the players. 2.) The way the NFL makes billions while blackmailing cities into using public funds to build them new stadiums. 3.) The way that they handled the respectful kneeling of players.
So no, I will continue to encourage everyone I know to boycott the NFL.
I think it's totally fair to avoid the NFL in its current form. You're spot-on about those 3 points, plus dozens of other issues, ranging from covering up sexual assault to the overt militarism.
That said, I wrote this so we can envision how we could modify the NFL to eliminate the owners (who IMO, are the main drivers of all the bad stuff you mentioned) while saving the sport (which I find fun).
The community building aspects of sports is a valid point, however, I find the NFL to be an absolutely grotesque organization for 3 reason: 1.) The way they have covered up and downplayed the issue of how the sport inflicts traumatic levels of brain damage on the players. 2.) The way the NFL makes billions while blackmailing cities into using public funds to build them new stadiums. 3.) The way that they handled the respectful kneeling of players.
So no, I will continue to encourage everyone I know to boycott the NFL.
I think it's totally fair to avoid the NFL in its current form. You're spot-on about those 3 points, plus dozens of other issues, ranging from covering up sexual assault to the overt militarism.
That said, I wrote this so we can envision how we could modify the NFL to eliminate the owners (who IMO, are the main drivers of all the bad stuff you mentioned) while saving the sport (which I find fun).