Quote: (08-03-2018 09:05 PM)beta_plus Wrote:
Quote: (08-02-2018 11:47 PM)Dulceácido Wrote:
Anyone who ever played football on an organized team knows that that is just the way it is. From Junior Varsity to Professional.
Even if you have a lethal staff infection when you are not being compensated (the "muh free educations!" is BS) while the school rakes in millions and refuses to treat you at its own medical school which your labor subsidizes?
As much as I love football and understand that playing it means accepting that violence will be directed at you, that's a bit much.
Again, the game has been reformed before. This plus Penn State I think definitely justifies some sort of federal regulatory action, which is very do able when your students take Pell grants.
I didn't say it was cool. I didn't condone it.
All I said was, from experience, having played years of football, from Pop Warner through high school and have a few friends that went on to play Division I football, and many friends in lesser divisions--the most highly successful coaches are megalomaniacs who routinely torture their players and with the players full consent. The players seek out those coaches because those coaches make champions.
I'm certainly not saying I'm unsympathetic to grievous injuries on the field nor in the training room, but I am saying that this is hardly an "exposé" of anything unusual.
This type of abuse is at the core of everything trying and difficult. You see it in the military. You see it in the Fire Depts./Police Depts./Martial Arts, etc., etc. Basically, any "boys club" will develop this type of behavior eventually.
Does the environment breed some weird shit? Yep. Is it still effective? Yep.
You don't have to single out football... Nor "boys clubs," for that matter. There are plenty of sociopathic female head coaches, especially in basketball.
It's just a function of the game that develops at certain levels.