An NFL logo is pictured on Aug. 9. before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns in Detroit. (Rick Osentoski, The Associated Press)
The NFL is a symbol of American decline, and it has nothing to do with domestic violence. The definition of a professional football game is 75,000 people who need to exercise watching 22 who don’t.
Americans have become so dumbed down that we are willing to pay in excess of $20 million a year to a football player who makes decisions that will not affect anyone, yet we are only willing to pay $400,000 to our president who makes decisions that affect not only us, but our children and grandchildren. We pay close to minimum wage to a person in a helmet protecting our country but pay millions of dollars to a person in a helmet protecting a football.
The Roman Empire dissolved primarily from two reasons: failure to secure their borders and an insatiable desire to be entertained. Apparently we didn’t learn anything from the Romans or we don’t care that we didn’t.
Ron Huston, Morrison
This letter was published in the Sept. 19 edition.
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