Football

Will people stop watching?

Slate: Should the NFL be banned too? 

Gladwell: As long as the risks are explicit, the players warned, and those injured properly compensated, then I'm not sure we can stop people from playing. A better question is whether it is ethical to WATCH football. That's a harder question.

I imagine the NFL is going to change in the next 5 years. I'm not sure if it will go away, but something will drastically change. Litigation could cause the cost to be excessively high, insurance companies may stop insuring the game, or fans could leave in droves once we learn the dangers. Then again, boxing and nascar are probably more obviously dangerous sports and we continue to watch them...so I don't know.