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A Game the NFL Can't Win

tdarrington Wrote: Feb 03, 2013 4:49 PM

What is going to kill the NFL is when the colleges are sued by former players who didn't make it to the NFL. Those students who were encouraged to play the game in exchange for a free education, then didn't reach their full working and income potential because of brain damage. Once a lawyer figures that one out, the lawsuit floodgates will open and schools will shut down their programs.

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A Game the NFL Can't Win

Professional football is the most popular spectator sport in America, which is one reason the Super Bowl is expected to draw 110 million viewers. With its famous athletes, storied franchises and lucrative TV contracts, it's an industry whose future appears limitless.

But football has a problem: the specter of mass brain damage among current and former players. So far, the steady trickle of disturbing revelations has had no apparent effect on ticket sales or TV ratings. What it has done, though, is more ominous: It has invited lawsuits.

If football falls into decline, it may not be the result of fans...

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