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Hard To Ignore What's Right In Front Of You
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Ed Cunningham quit as ESPN college football analyst because he was uncomfortable with the physical damage players are sustaining, and, yes, it's about CTE as well as other injuries that have been passed off as routine for a century. He felt that he was implicating himself in the destruction of lives if he just announced the games and didn't walk away. So he walked away, which is a pretty intense thing, to have the courage of your convictions and quit a job that others would kill to get. But is announcing an event that you know will result in brain injury or debilitating joint damage or other trauma the same as participating in it? Do the announcers and reporters and -- gasp -- fans have some responsibility for what they're watching? (New York Times)
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