On today’s episode, Frank and Megan are going to the gridiron to talk about football. What are the metaphysical identity conditions for sports teams? What makes a rule a good rule? Why is steroid use banned, but special training encouraged? Is the Super Bowl a distinctly American ritual? Will data analysts replace coaches? And does the extreme injury risk of football make it America’s most immoral pastime?

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Hosts' Websites:

Megan J Fritts (google.com)

Frank J. Cabrera (google.com)

Email: [email protected]

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Bibliography:

Take Your Eye Off the Ball 2.0 | Triumph Books

The Only Good Reason to Ban Steroids in Baseball: To Prevent an Arms Race - The Atlantic

Full Body Swimsuit Now Banned for Professional Swimmers - ABC News (go.com)

How The NFL Uses Analytics, According To The Lead Analyst Of A Super Bowl Champion (forbes.com)

4th down aggressiveness increasing rapidly across NFL | AP News

NFL running backs meet to discuss position’s depressed wages | NFL | The Guardian

Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied | The Brink | Boston University

Estimating the prevalence at death of CTE neuropathology among professional football players | Neurology

Study finds CTE in 40 percent of athletes who died before 30 - ABC News (go.com)

Could CTE in the NFL Be Solved by OSHA? - Global Sport Matters

Ship of Theseus | Definition, Examples, & Solutions | Britannica

Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (pp. 101-117)

Pragmatism and Reference (pp. 195-6 discusses the Browns/Ravens case)

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