Yes, totally different than college basketball I’m sure. Let’s not kid ourselves, players are equally commodified and valued primarily for their ability to be commodities in both sports
I do think there’s a difference. More players, more injuries, a greater need to compartmentalize a kid’s serious injury—or, in this case, death—and adopt a tough-guy “next man up” mantra.
Of course kids are commodities in both sports as well as others, but football’s violence makes it unique.
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