it is as dead as boxing just a matter of time
I certainly will not miss it.
Boxing was superseded by the even more violent MMA, will the NFL be superseded by Rollerball?
People didn’t stop liking boxing (as much it’s not exactly “dead” just no longer a major sport in the US. Mexico and the UK seem to like it a little better) cause of it’s violent nature.
America LOVES violence. Football is huge $$$$$$$ bizness it’s not going anywhere anytime soon despite all the “oh woe is me this is bad but I love football” commentary from the media. Sports media people are like, having fights within their own minds over this. It’s hilarious.
I for one didn’t need recent medical evidence and sensationization to tell me that getting multiple blows to the head was BAD FOR YOU. In boxing that’s called being punch drunk and it’s been common knowledge for decades. It’s somewhat dangerous to play football, people do it by choice, that should be the end of it.
Make better helmets, safer tackling is possible maybe, they aren’t letting concussed people get back on the field until a doctor clears them, that’s good.
Wussy losers will try to water down the heart of the game though by doing things like eliminating the kickoff. If they do that...
Sarcastaball. We may as well drink each others.......
I quit watching football when they created the “Red Zone.” Their percentages, in the “red zone,” how many points, in the “red zone,” how many plays, in the “red zone,” against this team or that team, during the season, last season, the last two seasons, NUTS! I turned them off. No more.
To my mind, the full embrace of the homosexual agenda by the NFL has speeded its demise.
Boxing didn’t die because of brain injuries, boxing died because the sport is insanely corrupt, there’s too many “world governing bodies” handing out belts, and not enough bouts. If there were no more than 2 “champions” at every weight class, and those champs had to fight twice a year, and the results seemed genuine boxing would be back. That’s how the MMA grew.