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Going Home to Tuskegee University, A Familiar Place
To Celebrate 100 Years of Homecoming Alumni and fans tailgating inside Cleve Abbott Stadium during the 100th Homecoming Celebration at Tuskegee University, (c) 2024 Harold Michael Harvey Albert Murray, the internationally acclaimed Black intellectual of the 20th century and a writer trained at Tuskegee Institute in the 1940s, wrote that the comforting thing about returning to your roots is thatâŚ
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VIRGINIA
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#Virginia Union#vuu#Virginia Union University#black excellence#black college football#hbcu#hbcugrad#hbculove#blackout#ciaa#football#college football
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Florida A&M: 2023 Celebration Bowl Champions
Florida A&M (12-1, 8-0 SWAC) defeated Howard (6-6, 4-1 MEAC), 30-26, to win the 2023 Celebration Bowl. It is the first Celebration Bowl win and the first postseason bowl win in school history for the Rattlers.
The Rattlers trailed 16-10 at halftime after a slow start but scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to storm back for the win. All-American linebacker Isaiah Major sealed the game with an interception on Howard's final drive with less than two minutes remaining. Major was selected as the Defensive MVP after recording six total tackles, one tackle for loss, and one interception.
It was a dominant defensive performance for the Rattlers as Howard finished the game with only 187 total yards and less than 3.5 yards per play. The Bison capitalized on great field position to take an early 14-0 lead but failed to establish any offensive consistency throughout the game.
Running back Kelvin Dean was named the Offensive MVP after leading the Rattlers with 87 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. Quarterback Jeremy Moussa completed 19-of-32 attempts for 289 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, and two interceptions. All three of Moussa's touchdowns came in the fourth quarter, including the game-winner to Jah'Marae Sheread with five minutes remaining.
Florida A&M becomes only the second SWAC program to win the Celebration Bowl, joining Grambling State (2016). The Rattlers also extended their winning streak to 11 games, which is the second-longest streak in the nation.
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punk rock harry james potter with his indie mum and goth godfather, then his dad with the most basic style to ever exist
#he definitely tries to have a neighborhood get-together once a year (and fails)#he has an apron that says âkiss the cook!â and he pairs it with sandals and socks#his college football jersey#and khaki shorts#ceri.txt#harry james potter#harry potter#lily evans#lily evans potter#lily potter#sirius black#sirius orion black#james potter#james fleamont potter#hp marauders#marauders era#marauders#harry potter series#hp
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It's a Football Weekend!
Kyle is one of the Co-Captains of the Team, The secret he hoped no one ever finds out is that a couple of time a week he visits the grounds keepers shed after practice. Probably appropriated it is the ground keeper since his visits include plowing. Little does he know several of his teammates are regulars too!
#socks#guys in socks#sock play#sock worship#cocky boys#cocky jock#sports socks#white socks#college jock#football jock#football socks#football player#black socks
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college football player ! izuku whoâs no longer the sweetheart he was in highschool, whoâs the meanest on the field.
college football player ! izuku whoâs the best wide receiver in the u.s after being flew out to california to play for ucla.
college football player ! izuku who flaunts you any way he can. who walks around the streets of l.a with you on his arm, a smirk on his pink lips.
college football player ! izuku who is the biggest munch for you when you two are at your shared apartment, whoâs a stark contrast of his ďżźďżźbrood attitude on the field.
#i LOVE this idea#blkshoyo#myatalksđŤĄ#college football player! izuku#he loves his pretty gf#you two match shoes#he loves you#heâs going to the nfl#do i write about him getting drafted ???#izuku x black!reader#izuku x female reader#deku x you#deku x reader#deku x black!reader#mha x poc!reader#mha x black reader#anime x black reader#anime x black!reader
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if you catch my driftâŚ
in which you have a crush on mighty football player! reiner and sasha tries to help you out with it â might make it into a series idk đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸
ik itâs been a few days, but i wanted to mix it up a bit by writing something about reiner <3 i hope you enjoy!
Reiner Braun was a fairly big guy, both inside and out. He used his strong and burly figure to be a part of the college football team and help out with his familyâs construction business whenever her came home for the weekend. He had big hands, that he used to do those construction jobs and got frustrated with them when he had to use them to work on smaller projects in his life. And he also had big heart, which he used to allow people to take advantage of him once they got pass the intimidation of his size. And not to mention that he was absolutely gorgeous to look at.
The people that knew him would describe him as some kind of big teddy bear. He was scary to encounter just because of his towering height or the fact that he looked angry all the time, but if someone got him to laugh, smile, or fall in love, he was the absolute sweetest. You of all people knew that because he was in love with you. Because he was in love with you and all things you, you were the person he was most sweetest to. The only downside to his love was that you didnât know about it, you just thought he was being nice to you as one of his friends.
âGirl take the hint, that man is in love with you!â Sasha tried to drill into your brain for the hundredth time this year. You wanted to believe it, you really did. You even had your own little mini fantasies about how itâd feel to be his but in your mind there was no way he was in love with you over some thin, prissy white girl. Besides, you never saw him look your way so you pretended not to look his way.
You rolled your eyes and continued typing way on your laptop. âI wish..â You mumbled. You did get a bit sad as you thought about it some more. As cool as itâd be to imagine being his girlfriend, going on dates, kissing him, hugging him, and other things, you didnât think itâd be real life if that actually happened to you.
âI say you should try shooting your shot. Whatâs the worse that could happen?â You turned to her.
âI get my heart broken and give up on love forever. And besides, everyone knows that dating athletes is a bad idea anyways.â Sasha shakes her head in annoyance as you tried to justify your reasoning to not take a chance at getting with your dream guy.
âWell if you wonât do it, I willâ look! there he goes now..â You thought Sasha was playing with you like normal but when you looked towards the entrance to the library, there he was. All handsome in his sweats and jacket. âHe wore a beanie todayâ you thought to yourself and your heart softened at the sight.
âSasha, donât do no stupid shitââ
âToo late. Reiner!â He didnât hear her at first because he had headphones in but he took them off after Sasha yelled his name another four times.
âOh my god..â You groaned as you tried to do the rest of your work and pretend to be completely unaware that Reiner was on his way to where you were.
âHey, Reiner~â Sasha cooed and you mentally cringed in your head.
âHey, um.. you need something?â
âNope, just wanted to say hi. And I think Y/n wanted to say hi too. Say hi to Reiner, Y/n!â You looked up for a second and waved quickly before narrowing your eyes back down at your screen. He didnât even have enough time to wave back.
âShe seems.. busy.â A small frown crept onto his face but he hoped it wasnât noticeable. He was kinda sad that you didnât really seemed to be bothered with him right now, but he just blamed it on the fact that you were busy. So he figured he should just leave you alone.
âIâm gonna go⌠Bye, Sash.â
Sasha made sure he left for sure before speaking âThat was your chance~!â She held onto your shoulders and shook them as she whined.
âChance at what?â Your words were bumped over with each shake Sasha gave you.
âTo talk to him at least!â
She stopped shaking you. âI do talk to him!â
âYeah right! You two need to have a serious conversation. Like share your traumatic experiences or something to get closer.â You hated to admit it, but Sasha was right. You hadnât talked to Reiner and when you did, it was always kinda awkward. Heâd act weird around you so thatâs why you thought that what Sasha was trying to imply was complete bullshit. But in her defense, you could be a little dense.
âDoubt thatâll work.â
âYou two are gonna be together, trust.â Sasha declared as she gathered up her things and swung her bag over her shoulder. When Sasha wanted something to happen, best believe that sheâll find a way to make it happen and thatâs what worried you.
#aot#aot x reader#black reader#aot x black reader#reiner#reiner x reader#reiner x y/n#reiner x you#reiner x black reader#reiner braun#reiner braun x black reader#reiner braun x reader#football#college athlete au
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The Johnny Bright incident was a violent on-field assault against African-American player Johnny Bright by a white opposing player during an American college football game held on October 20, 1951, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The game was significant in itself as it marked the first time that an African-American athlete with a national profile and of critical importance to the success of his team, the Drake Bulldogs, had played against Oklahoma A&M College (now Oklahoma State University) at Oklahoma A&M's Lewis Field. Bright's injury also highlighted the racial tensions of the times and assumed notoriety when it was captured in what was later to become both a widely disseminated and eventually Pulitzer Prizeâwinning photo sequence.
#black history#black tumblr#black literature#black excellence#black community#civil rights#black history is american history#oklahoma state university#american history#football history#college football#football
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every time im forced to listen to carry on wayward son outside of spn somebody owes me $50 for emotional distress
#it feels like a targeted attack every single time#heard it at my college homecoming football game and i blacked out until they turned it off#amanda.text
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A History of Violence
I wonder if Kris Jenkins who was recently drafted in the second round by the Bengals, same name & same position as his father who was a Pro Bowler who played 10 seasons for the Panthers, Patriots & Jets, ever bothered to read what his father told the New York Times in 2011 about what it was like playing in the trenches in the NFL?
Kris Jenkins - View of Life in the NFL Trenches
Article Excerpt
"N.F.L. fans, people outside, they have no clue what goes on. This isnât like playing Madden. This isnât like being the popular kid in high school. When you do those things in the real world, and it donât work out, you still have your health. The thing about football is youâre directly playing with your life, the quality of it and the longevity of it. The stakes are up there.
You ever been in a car crash? Done bumper cars? You know when that hit catches you off guard and jolts you, and youâre like, what the hell? Football is like that. But 10 times worse. Itâs hell."
Nothing is questioned, nothing is learned.
Cycle and history of violence from father to son continues.
The son will just repeat everything his father went through.
Life in the trenches, on the line.
His fathers New York Times article was only written 13 years ago â did his son even bother to read it?
Article:
"The debate about concussions wasnât there yet. Iâve had more than 10, including college and the pros. Nobody cared. And thatâs the thing. We play football."
Are we as an audience, as fans, as a nation of football loving fanatics so blasĂŠ about the same violence that was visited upon the father being visited upon his son?
Does that not even get us to collectively pause before checking pre-season match ups in preparation for Week 1 next month?
America's collective Christmas in September â footballs back!!!!!!!
Do actual thoughts ever creep in amongst the unbridled ebullience, enthusiasm and unchecked joy of, "Football!!!!!!!!!!!!".
Or is the unthinking emotion inherent in football fanaticism across all levels, players and non-players alike, the point?
The pure emotion and the short circuiting of logic.
Its probably not a great idea for me to go bash my head against that dudes head 70 to 80 times a game, every game, every season.
But, its football!!!!!!!!!
So, nothing else matters?
Unlike rules now protecting quarterbacks and other positions from helmet to helmet hits, absolutely nothing has changed for offensive & defensive linemen and running backs â you're still smashing yourself head first into a concrete wall â as a running back, 20 to 30 times a game and as a lineman, 70 to 80 times a game.
No matter how much the NFL lies about this and tries to pretend the issue is concussions, its not â the existential issue threatening the sport of football itself is the repetitive SUBconcussive head impacts involved in every blocking and tackling play in football.
They are absolutely unavoidable and occur literally over a thousand times every single season.
It is these repetitive subconcussive head impacts â average 1500 hits to the head per season in high school, football & the pros â that 10 to 15 years after their playing careers are over, can cause neurological disorders and conditions like CTE, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, ALS and dementia in former players.
We have seen the movie before.
Im pretty sure Will Smith was in it.
And even that movie was nothing but masterful subterfuge from the NFL as they named it as their eternal smokescreen â Concussion â instead of what actually turned Mike Websters brain into CTE mush â Repetitive Subconcussive Head Impacts.
Doesn't have the same Hollywood ring to it, does it?
But it doesn't make it any less true or the NFL any less deceptive.
The NFL's own disability paperwork for former players says players can be compensated as early as 36 for early-onset dementia.
Is a game really worth someone losing their literal mind at 36?
When do we question the every day violence inherent in every tackling and blocking play in football?
Article:
"I remember one game, at Carolina, my second year. We played Arizona, and the double team weighed 780 pounds combined. They just kept double-teaming me, hoping I would fold and cave in. I didnât. But that was probably the most painful day I had.
From the double teams, over the years, I wore the left side of my body down. I was past hurt.
I was at the point of numb. Like my body was shutting down nervous systems, so I didnât have to deal with pain.
The numbness started at the very beginning. I couldnât feel part of both arms. I couldnât feel part of both legs. It was worse on the left.
Iâm just starting to get feeling back in my left side. Look, football is no joke.
But Iâm going to say this much: somebody has to be the grunt. Thatâs why thereâs no better position on the field than interior defensive line. Forget quarterbacks or specialists. Theyâve got it easy. If we donât come to play, nobody else on defense can do their job. Weâve got the toughest job on the field. We donât care about our facial hair. We play a grimy position.
Piles, oh, my God, theyâre brutal. Iâve had my ankles twisted. Iâve been bit. Iâve done stuff. Iâve tried to break guysâ elbows, pinching people, twisting ankles, trying to bend up their arms, pop an elbow out. Why? I had to fight back."
Tackle football is cognitive dissonance & constant dissociation.
The inherent violence of football is never seriously questioned nor is it held up under a critical lens.
The most violent, punishing plays are casually dismissed post-game by players waving their hands and saying, "It was just a football play."
Yeah â thats actually the exact problem.
Ah, pile ups. Just a good old fashioned rugby scrum.
Nothing dehumanizing, nothing to worry about.
As long as its not my dick being grabbed at the bottom of a pile as I dig my way through my second bag of Fritos Scoops, safe and secure on my couch, while those dumb fucks kill themselves for an oblong shaped ball for my entertainment.
Exploitative, much?
The spectacle of the pile up.
The brainwashing so clearly evident when grown adult men who would be ashamed to act this way publicly over anything else suddenly leap in unison into the air like feral animals as Troy Aikman shouts with unfettered glee, "The ball is loose!!!!!!".
So is our collective humanity in watching a several ton mass of flesh undulate, eye gouge, scrotum twist, bite, spit and hurt each other for...what?
Us? Them? Football?
Article:
"Mentally, weâre conditioned to be tough. Weâre conditioned to feel no pain. The only injury I ever felt while playing was when one of my knees tore. Thatâs the only time I felt pain and was like, O.K., that hurt.
But Mondays, you wake up, and itâs hard to get out of bed. It hurts wherever you got hit. I remember one time getting hit by Edgerrin James. He put his head in my chest. I woke up, and I couldnât even move, because it felt like my chest was going to collapse. It was sore for days. All you want to do is get the blood circulating.
Hot tub. Cold tub. Hot tub. Cold tub."
Hot tub. Cold tub. Hot tub. Cold tub.
That's brainwashing.
A dissociative brainwashing ritual to dissociate the self from the pain & violence of the game.
It's like Junior Seau when he referred to himself in third person when he was mic'd up for NFL Films before every single hit for the duration of an entire game.
Very creepy if you can find it on youtube.
It literally sounded like he was programming himself to hit, then he would hit the hole, collect himself on the ground and do it.
Hard. Goddamned hard.
Again. And again. And again. And again.
If thats not brainwashing, what is?
Article:
"The brain fog? It still hasnât stopped. It feels like youâre punch-drunk, like someone hit you over the head. Itâs like you knock yourself stupid. When you have to concentrate on things, then it becomes an issue. My head gets foggy to the point where I really canât function."
And yet you put a helmet on your son's head and you sent him out to play the same position.
Like father, like son.
Just like fathers in the military who have sons who "follow in their footsteps".
Often, articles will speak of a newly drafted player's heritage and lineage in the sport and if his father had a storied career, the hyperbole of the newly drafted son "being born to play" is routinely trotted out.
Smacks of eugenicism, genetic determinism, militarism, rigid heirarchies, dynasties.
Capitalist masculine toxicity.
Article:
"We know itâs going to hurt. We know because pain in football is consistent over time. Youâre still hurting in the off-season. Youâre hurting when the next season starts.
I mean, guys play hurt, but itâs a choice. They do a pretty good job now, with all the scrutiny around concussions.
On the line, itâs still painful. By the end of the year, half an offensive line might be getting shots, draining fluid from their knees. Most stay away from cortisone now, because itâs degenerative.
Everything gets off center. Bulging disk. Herniated disk. For linemen, it starts in the lower back. Throws everything off."
What did Jason Kelce recently say on his podcast with his wife?
His back is so fucked up from playing football that he cant bend down to pick up his 1 year old daughter nor can he hold her while standing.
Kelce also played on the line as the center for the Eagles.
Is it worth it?
Should children be playing this game?
Should anyone in its current incarnation?
Has science shown that the risk of repetitive subconcussive head impacts causing neurological conditions & disorders is too high for any child to assume?
What about teenagers in high school who are legally minors and not adults?
Should they be able to assume risks as teenagers that can mentally incapacitate them later in life as soon as their 30s?
Potential suicide due to CTE in their 20s?
1500 hits per season every season starting in high school.
So, that's 6k hits to the head in four years of high school football.
Another 6k more hits to the head in four years of college football.
12k hits to the head before the pros not counting youth football prior to high school which is ages 5 to 14 aka Pop Warner.
Even 5 year olds endure on average 336 hits to the head every season in Pop Warner.
5 year olds!
Kindergartners!
Ask yourself where else you could hit a 5 year old child 336 times in the head over the course of a few months without being arrested and jailed?
Is it really okay just because it's football?
Does that truly justify that amount of head impacts to a 5 year old child?
Wouldn't we call that abuse if it was happening in the Boy Scouts or any organization other than Pop Warner?
Should it be happening at all?
In service of whom and for what?
Football? Glory? Masculinity? Manhood? America? Pride? Militarism?
All of the above?
Article:
"I canât blame anybody for my death. I made the choice to play football. I made the choice to walk through the concussions. I could have stopped. I could have said, my head hurts. It was my choice, as a man."
But who told you that playing through permanent brain injuries is what makes you a man?
Can't we blame that person?
Your father and your coaches from youth, high school, college all the way to the pros?
Militaristic views of masculinity kills boys and young men for the game of football.
It's a militaristic war game that simulates combat yet kills people in slow motion for real.
The violence suffered by players in football is as celebrated as militaristic ideals of what soldiers suffer through in war: valor, courage under fire, physical courage, endurance, stoically fighting through unimaginable injuries & pain, the quarterback heroically leading his squad as their captain marching his troops down the field to victory just like any military commander complete with a chevron like system that awards stars for each year or season of service very similar to how stripes function in the military.
This militaristic ideal of masculinity is endlessly promoted, encouraged, rewarded and valorized in football just as it is in the military.
Football is Americas killing fields.
High school players â teenaged boys, not adult men â die every year playing football.
Over a million boys play high school football each year and only a handful die or suffer permanent, disabling and/or catastrophic injury.
Would you be so glib about the numbers though if it was your son or your brother or your boyfriend or your best friend who died playing high school football?
What if they were permanently paralyzed from the neck down playing college football?
It's easy to treat the above numbers as a statistic or rounding error when you can close out of the Facebook support page for the now dead or disabled high school or college player and get ready for Chiefs/Ravens next month.
What if you couldn't just X out of the Facebook page because you had to quit your job to take care of your disabled son for the rest of your life?
Or what if your brother killed himself from having CTE from playing college football?
The reality is, we can drop a "sad crying" emoji on a Facebook status and move on â the families of the young boys and men sacrificed to this sport definitely can't.
Go ask Tyler Sash's mom if she's "moved on".
Hasn't science proven at this point that tackle football just doesnt work the way it is currently played?
Why are we okay risking future Junior Seaus, Mike Websters, Justin Strelczyks, Phillip Adams, Tyler Hillinskis with every boy and young man that straps on the pads and helmet and charges on to the field?
Is it 10% of players that get CTE? Is it 20%?
Is it more? Is it half?
More than half?
The truth is we wont know until a CTE test is developed for living players.
Pop Warners Chief Medical Director is working with the FDA to develop the test as I type this.
Why do you think that is?
The NFL's own study funded through a university admits that NFL players are 19 times more likely than non-NFL players to develop neurological conditions and disorders.
19 times!!!!!
As long as its not your brain getting scrambled right?
And you can just sit there and watch the leagues reigning back to back MVP and reigning Super Bowl Champ slowly deteriorate their minds while accumulating permanent brain damage for your entertainment.
Pass the chips.
Article:
"We consider football a gladiator sport because we understand youâre going to get hurt. Youâre putting your life on the line.
You might not die now, like in an old Roman arena, but 5, 10 years down the road, you could. You know that.
I wouldnât change anything.
During my career, I kept my mouth shut. This now, speaking out, itâs about telling you my life. Thereâs no agenda, no vendetta. This is what footballâs really like.
The first warning is the first meeting you have with an agent, when you realize this is real. My choices count at this point. Iâm going to be prostituting myself for the next 18 years of my life.
Thatâs the first warning.
The next one is that good old combine.
Thatâs when you realize, when you march in that room half naked, Iâm a number now."
No, thats when you realize that the NFL is MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
It's a modern day meat market.
6% of the US population is Black male. 75% of the NFL is Black.
0% of the owners are Black. Only 2 out of 32 coaches are Black.
Almost all of the NFL owners are white with very few exceptions and exactly none of them are Black.
The NFL is a modern day plantation.
Article:
"I loved New York. I loved playing there. I loved the spotlight. I was fine in New York, but I also played for Eric Mangini. We started 8-3, Brett Favre, all of that. Everybody told Mangini, stop with the long practices, youâre killing us. You practice too hard. Weâre on turf."
36% of all injuries that occur in the NFL are due to turf & 1/4 of all concussions are a result of players heads slamming against turf.
So...
Why won't the NFL replace turf with grass in their stadiums as the NFLPA has been asking for for years?
Because they're cheap as hell and would rather injure their own investments then pay for grass.
The owners & the league have the same exact disregard and disdain for their own players.
The NFL has agreed to switch out turf for grass for the World Cup because the soccer players refused to do what NFL players are forced to â fuck their bodies up on turf.
It proves the NFL and owners could do it and, in fact, they did do it so they could host the World Cup in their football stadium â unless it's actually for the players in their own league.
In that case, you're shit out of luck.
Should have played soccer.
Article:
"What you hear from guys like Ray Lewis, James Harrison, what theyâre saying is weâre well aware what weâre signing up for. The violence, we love it. The madness, we love it. We love measuring ourselves in it.
Those guys express themselves with their pads. You soften the game, youâre taking away their freedom of expression. Nobody wants to see flag football, and now, you might as well give guys flags, tell them to hug afterward, all that."
Did he even read the beginning of his own article???
Constant cognitive dissonance is the distillation & essence of tackle football â by the players, the audience, coaches, trainers, medical personnel, announce team, play by play, color, pre-game & post-game hosts, team & network journalists.
I see no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
I hear no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
I speak no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
Article:
"The violence is what I remember. Like against Buffalo in 2009, when I had the game of my career. Or the time I slapped a lineman out of the way in Houston with one arm. Winning, the physical part, the mayhem, finding the line between insanity and sanity, thatâs the exact reason why you play. Thatâs the reason fans like football in the first place.
A guy like James Harrison, heâs possessed, and thatâs the guy you love to play with, love to watch. He doesnât need to be babied."
Protection from permanent brain damage & trauma, fans bloodlust, coaches unreasonable demands, neurological disorders & conditions, neurological symptoms including suicidality, depression, memory loss, confusion, irritability, volatility, aggression, amnesia, mental incapicitation, deteroriation & decline is being "babied"??????????
Article:
"The N.F.L. is too big to fail. If that happened, it would be a slow death. Itâs still the ultimate game. For us, itâs like legal prison rules. You have to protect your manhood, your well-being. Youâre going to be challenged. Youâre going to be tested."
"You have to protect your manhood."
Protect The Shield.
Brainwashed into the cult of American masculinity.
Just like all the other 2.6 million young boys & adolescents playing youth football.
Another million playing in high school.
100k playing in NCAA college football.
1600 play in the NFL.
All brainwashed into the cult of masculinity.
Millions of young boys and teenagers sacrificed on the altar of tackle football, Americas true religion.
Article:
"There arenât too many places a 400-pound guy with an attitude can go and beat the crap out of somebody and not get locked up for it. I have a violent streak. I have to fight it out of my system. We signed up for it. All of it. Weâre not trying to be sane or rational."
What does an 8 year old playing tackle football for Pop Warner sign up for?
Tradition, rigid authoritarianism, toxic masculinity, ideals of manhood worth sacrificing your body, mind, memories, personality, self and literal life for.
A 13 year old football player committed suicide after an egregious hit and post concussion symptoms that lasted for over a year in 2018.
He played through the hit and practiced in pads the very next day â think that might have made his concussion worse?
Prior to the hit, he was a straight A student, a voracious reader, erudite, sociable & well-liked.
After the hit, he became withdrawn.
He lost vision in one eye. He lost his balance frequently.
He was unable to read for more than a few minutes at a time.
He started tackle football at 9.
He played two ways as a linebacker and running back and was known as a ferocious hitter who never complained of pain.
He attempted suicide, was hospitalized, seemed to be improving, then the second suicide attempt was tragically successful.
Dead at 13 for the sport of football.
When is enough enough?
Football is a game, it's a magical talisman, it's a sport, it's a crucible, it's a maker of men, it's the distillation of manhood and masculinity, it's what being a man is.
It's worth bashing and battering your brains repeatedly.
It's worth your mind.
It's worth not knowing who you are at 50.
It's worth you committing suicide.
Just remember to shoot yourself in the chest so your brain can be donated and studied.
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North Carolina Central: 2022 Celebration Bowl Champions
North Carolina Central saw victory erased as time elapsed at the end of regulation in the Celebration Bowl Saturday.
The Eagles remained calm, driving for a touchdown in overtime to ruin the end of the Deion Sanders era at Jackson State, 41-34.
The Tigers, who came in undefeated, had forced overtime on the final play of regulation when Shedeur Sanders threw a TD pass to Travis Hunter. They went for the PAT to send the game to the extra session rather than try to win it with a 2-point conversion.
In the extra period, Davius Richard scored on a 1-yard run and the Eagles kicked the PAT.
The Tigersâ drive ended with a pair of incompletions, one that saw sophomore tight end Hayden Hagler drop a potential TD pass in the end zone. The second pass from Shedeur Sanders was errant and North Carolina Central was the HBCU champs.
The Tigers named T.C. Taylor to replace Deion Sanders as head coach. Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at the University of Colorado and bringing many Jackson State players with him to Boulder.
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