"Sacking the Super Bowl" Reviw

The article Sacking the Super Bowl by Steve Almond brought up some very good points about the NFL and the safety of the players. I do agree with the author when he says ''citizens never see an economic return on their investments." He says in his article that the taxpayers in Minnesota pay half a billion dollars for the Vikings' new stadium. In my opinion it is not fair for the citizens to have to pay such large amounts of money for these professional sports stadiums when the franchise owners are billionaires and do not have to spend much of their money on anything other than the players. Without the citizens tax money their would be no stadium for these teams to play in but yet the citizens get no economic return. I also agree with some of the points the author brought up on the physicality of the game and the seriousness of the injuries caused. The NFL has also recognized the seriousness of head injuries and has become a lot more strict with penalties such helmet to helmet contact, unnecessary roughness and roughing the passer. Although I do agree that the physicality puts the players in danger, I also recognize that the players all know what kind of danger they are putting themselves in and the risk they are taking playing a physical sport. Watching football is one of my favorite things to do and there is nothing the league could do that would make me stop watching football on a week to week basis. I can understand his problems with how the game is played but that is what football is about and what makes it a very enjoyable sport.