<p>In this episode, I update my original Sports Illustrated piece from 2015, in which I described what suffering a concussion in a football game is like and the day many years later when I finally faced the truth that I could no longer conceal my true feelings about the culture of enablement that surrounds the football industry.</p>

In this episode, I update my original Sports Illustrated piece from 2015, in which I described what suffering a concussion in a football game is like and the day many years later when I finally faced the truth that I could no longer conceal my true feelings about the culture of enablement that surrounds the football industry.

A High They Have to Have: A Retelling

Football is facing an existential crisis, whether the game and its culture want to admit it or not. In Welcome to the Machine, author, former Division 1 football player, and veteran Glen Hines explores how various forces in American culture try to salvage football despite the growing medical evidence of its destructive effects. Part memoir, part cultural analysis, part chronicle of the biggest medical crisis facing American sport in over 100 years, this series is mandatory listening for parents and a cautionary tale for thinking people who continue to fuel America’s gladiatorial spectacle.

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A High They Have to Have: A Retelling

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