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point. and so we re already seeing parents sort of look at that. so i think that s one thing that, like, if anything comes out of this that we should be concerned about, is, you know, the nfl, we ve got guys who are being compensated. they re at the top of their profession, but the kids that don t get the sort of instruction that nfl players get, who are being taught by guys who may or may not be qualified to coach, you know, those are the people that are most aggressive and those are the once we really need to be focusing on. as soon as i said that, you gave a total eye rol. tell me what that was about. i was a fan until he came out and said, we need to ban the game. everyone s on this, football s the bad guy. football is being coached better, it s being taught better. you don t have the 60-year-old coach with the whistle who s been doing the same drill since 1960. better technology in the helmets. those guys are all gone. that s not because there are still coaches out the
i think maybe we ll see something as i mean, if you have children, are you going to let them play football? maybe we ll see this in years, where it s more of a, you know, this is my child, this is my life, i can control, instead of i m going to boycott the nfl this season and my one, you know, channel, my one tv is really going to make a difference. i don t know. it s a very good yes. i don t know if anyone but malcolm gladwell would say, yeah, it is going to absolutely show up in the context of parents saying it, and so the problem will be, parents of wealth and means will opt out. they ll put their kids in sports where this won t happen, and poor parents who are hoping for the big contract payoff 25 years down the line will not have the option. and so will end up with this sort of two-tiered system. we ve already seen some diminishment in youth league football participation at this point. there s been a 6% drop, just over the previous year. and in high school football, i thin