What gave you the idea to do this book . What connection does it have with politics . Of a quirky paid hobby for 15 years. I have written a weekly football column for espn. Me tohers have asked write a book about football and i was flattered, but i thought, what could i add . There have been plenty of good books about teams and coaches and players. I realize the book that had not been written was a book assessing the role of football in american society. Young boys, teaching them how to be men, a lot of positives, public enthusiasm. There are a lot of negatives. Corrupting effect on publication education, public subsidies and so on. I wanted to seek an answer to the question, is football fundamentally good or bad for us . Secondarily, how should it be reform . Book, i noticed to get some strong personal opinions. I want to read one. This is in the middle of a paragraph. Today, most politicians are hacks what brought all that on in one paragraph . Wax congratulations for being able to p
Paragraph . Congratulations for being able to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority, knowing that word. That is in a section, a chapter where i ask whether football has become a cult. You see some evidence of this presented in the book. I am talking about coaches, coaches who have become revered figures in american life. In some cases, justifiably. For instance, if all men were like tony dungy, the world would be a better place. I think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. We dont believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy, intellectuals, etc. Coaches still seem like people who practice tough love. They seem like a good father would be. I think that has a lot to do with their high standing in society. You start out talking about a coach that you seem to like a lot. Who was that . Frank beamer of Virginia Tech. I knew that portions of this book would be very critical of football. I wanted to give a constructive example, too, a
Americans it used to be baseball. Baseball is still an entertaining sport but football now is the king of sports. What gave you the idea to do this book . What connection does it have with politics and washington and government . I have a quirky paid hobby. I write for espn mainly. And for those who read a book about football and like what could i have. Plenty of good books about coaches and teams and players. I realize the book that had not been written was assessing the role of football in the american society. The good young boys, teaching them how to be men. A lot of positives. The public enthusiasm, football causes. A lot of negatives. Public subsidies, and so on. I wanted to weigh the two and try to find answer the question, is football fundamentally good or bad for us . And secondarily, how should it be reformed which is when the book came about. It builds up to a chapter of reform agenda. Also, it gives strong personal opinions. I want to read one. This is in the middle of it a
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