[ExI] old time pugilistic memories

[Chris Hibbert]

On 6/4/16 8:48 AM, extropy-chat-request at lists.extropy.org wrote:
> It feels to me like football is now where boxing was in about 1970.

Except old ex-NFLers are a dime a dozen. I'll bet one of the main car 
dealerships in your area is named for or owned by an ex-football player. 
And how many of the people you know who played high school or college 
football shows more-than-normal degradation for their age. There are 
certainly a few players who show a lot of damage, but it's not like old 
pugilists.

So the damage isn't nearly as apparent. I think the anti-football posse 
has a real uphill fight.

Chris
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Chris Hibbert
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