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I'm a big proponent of killing the sports/warrior culture that still pervades modern society. But this guy doesn't get to that point. It doesn't read like he has any depth to his arguments beyond the basic surface-scratching. Even the reviews on Amazon that like the book complain about lack of depth.
You can't kill a sports culture, and you most definitely can't hide your children from it, simply by turning off the games. It's an enormous topic that covers politics, society, sociology, anthropology, psychology, health and fitness, and other topics as well.
But this book reads like one guy ranting on why he turned off his TV, and not (what it should have been) a man bringing a logical and expanded argument against a paradigm.
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Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
It goes into the long term health effects and other negative externalities of football and then at the end suggests some minor changes in the interest of looking out for players of all ages. A quick, interesting read that definitely made me rethink how much I cheer for those huge hits and what these people are putting on the line for my entertainment. I'm not going to give up on watching like the author did but even just being more conscious of these issues has changed how I approach watching football.