Sanctioned Savagery
Michael Oriard
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Sanctioned Savagery

A History of Violence in American Football

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American football was a violent sport from its beginning as a college game in the 87 s and 88 s, in part because learning how to deal with the pain and violence, to "take it," made men out of college boys. Michael Oriard, former NFL linebacker and professor emeritus of English, shows us that this fundamental belief persisted for more than a century, until signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) were found in Pittsburgh Steelers' center Mike Webster's brain. Suddenly, the cost of "taking it" could mean long-term damage not just to the body but also to the brain. Without anyone knowing i...