I agree. It is a modern version of gladiator games
...for the most part, that is due to the demographic change in the participants...the inner city youth have emerged and have dominated the game, and with it they bring the culture their lives reflect...
...I wouldn’t refer to the NFL as ‘gladiatorial’, as gladiators were after all slaves fighting for their freedom...hardly the case in the pro football...it’s more like who can be the most ‘alpha’ of all the alpha males on the field...all the woofing and chest thumping indicates such...
...by the way,I agree with the other poster in hoping you stand against banning the game...
I don’t care if it is banned or not. I watch maybe 3 games a year (if you aggregate the time I watch portions here and there). I spend no money on football outside the electricity my wife uses to watch her team the few times we get them on the basic cable package channels.
Years back I watch every weekend, I have better things to do and so do my sons.