{"id":25816,"date":"2012-01-29T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T20:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/after-the-big-game-perhaps-we-can-watch-a-few-bouts-in-the-gladiatorial-arena.html"},"modified":"2012-02-01T13:42:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T20:42:22","slug":"after-the-big-game-perhaps-we-can-watch-a-few-bouts-in-the-gladiatorial-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/after-the-big-game-perhaps-we-can-watch-a-few-bouts-in-the-gladiatorial-arena.html","title":{"rendered":"After the Big Game, perhaps we can watch a few bouts in the Gladiatorial Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Big Game, perhaps we can watch a few bouts in the Gladiatorial Arena<\/b><\/p>\n

I am not a football fan, but I enjoy watching the occasional game with friends. Part of it is tribalism, yes, but of a relatively harmless nature (except when crowds get so hopped up on tribalistic ecstasy or anger, plus alcohol, that, post-game, they go out to burn things). What we see of football on TV is the excitement of the game, some in-game injuries, then the big final score and the post-game analysis. Easy-peasy, no lasting harm, no lasting foul.<\/p>\n

But George's observations about the affects of football play on the underlying pool of kids who feed into the system — in high school and even earlier — needs to be understood and acknowledged. And we're also beginning to see more of how the game takes its toll on adults — not just a "aw, it's a few broken bones that ended his career, but, hey, he can get a job like anyone else" kind of a thing, but broken bodies and brains that shouldn't just be handwaved away so we can watch our favorites trounce their traditional rivals.<\/p>\n

No, nothing is perfectly safe. But we don't send kids into the arenas with swords and spears to fight it out for our pleasure. Where do we draw the line, then? #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +George Wiman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Super-Bowl Day heresy: http:\/\/www.decrepitoldfool.com\/2012\/01\/football-and-light-bulbs\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00bb Football and light bulbs Decrepit Old Fool<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI heard there's a big football game on today; it's an annual event where advertisers try to be so entertaining that we will actually watch their ads. There are also traditions of viewing parti…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the Big Game, perhaps we can watch a few bouts in the Gladiatorial Arena I am not a football fan, but I enjoy watching the occasional game with friends. Part of it is tribalism, yes, but of a relatively harmless nature (except when crowds get so hopped up on tribalistic ecstasy or anger, plus … Continue reading “After the Big Game, perhaps we can watch a few bouts in the Gladiatorial Arena”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,67],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-sports","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30438,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/01\/fatherdaughter-tvpalooza-night-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":0},"title":"Father\/Daughter TVpalooza: Night 2","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Oct-12 9:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Battle! Destruction! Blades and arrows and death and mind control! Kay: \u00a0Deadliest Warrior: \"Apache vs. Gladiator\" - Katherine saw an episode of this somewhere, and wanted to watch one. And ... well, actually, hey, it's kind of fun in a \"D&D Porn\" kind of way. Meaning they take two opposing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Animation \/ Cartoons"","block_context":{"text":"Animation \/ Cartoons","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-cartoons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Avengers_Earths-Mightiest-Heroes_Emperor-Stark.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Avengers_Earths-Mightiest-Heroes_Emperor-Stark.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Avengers_Earths-Mightiest-Heroes_Emperor-Stark.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":127874,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/03\/first-ahswarriors-home-football-game-of-the-season.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":1},"title":"First @ahswarriors home football game of the season","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-Sep-15 8:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"First @ahswarriors home football game of the season Band sounds great, and the team is WINNING! View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45714,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/10\/last-home-football-game-of-the.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":2},"title":"Last home football game of the…","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Oct-14 7:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Last home football game of the season; but marching band has multiple competitions coming up, so no rest for the wicked yet.","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45152,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/12\/first-football-game-tonight-wi.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":3},"title":"First football game tonight wi…","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 12-Sep-14 4:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"First football game tonight with marching band. Kay nervous about performance. We're nervous about chaperoning. #band","rel":"","context":"In "~Tweets"","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39802,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/24\/hmmm-maybe-i-should-just-hold-out-for-a-highlights-reel.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":4},"title":"Hmmm. Maybe I should just hold out for a highlights reel","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 24-Nov-13 10:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I actually enjoy football more than a lot of continuous-play sports, perhaps because it feels more like a turn-based game, which is my preferred wargaming MO. But the overall numbers of play vs. replay vs. standing around vs. commercials is ... well, honestly, more than a bit crazy.\ufeff An average\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32371,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/football-the-gaming-review.html","url_meta":{"origin":25816,"position":5},"title":"Football: the Gaming Review","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 1-Feb-13 3:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Tim Rogers reviews Football as \"a turn-based \/ real-time action collectible trading card game of fine, minute mathematical depth, with just the right pinch of procedural randomness, and character \/ plot development unparalleled in any other role-playing game released yet in the history of games.\" \u00a0Almost makes me want to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}