This NFL concussions and future dementia research has many angles to itBut the bottom line has to do with huge profits taken in by the organization and hence acknowledgement of the dangers of playing football would hurt the bottom line.But there is another angle to that which is racist and that is the attitude "why should we care about black players long term prognosis as long as they make lots of money for us?" There has always been an element of benign neglect re black players from academia to the eurocentric capitalistic sinful system. Like the Tuskegee experiment blacks are perceived as dispensable. Granting that there are a few white players involved,there has been a negative attitude to downgrade black folks achievements in certain sports.I can remember when they tried to do away with boxing under the pretense of head concussions.No one talked about doing away with NASCAR when Dale Earnhardt died. Personally I do not think that people do not like Rap music because of the words. As the cross-cultural dude on Tips,have you observed the past and growing tendencies to recruit baseball players from the Dominican Republic and other baseball playing Central American countries?
Just my take. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
