The Violence of Football

Football is an excessively violent sport at all levels. Announcers celebrate "great hits" and players employ their helmets, not to mention their souped-up bodies, as weapons. Defenders are encouraged to knock quarterbacks out of the game. The violence extends to the stands and and parking lots with rowdy, drunken behavior by fans. This is an inconvenient truth which is taboo to beer and automobile advertisers. A clean, well-played football game can be exhilarating but that is becoming increasingly atypical.