Players get broken apart so fast we have no time to build up allegiances to stars. Three-quarters of the NFL's starting quarterbacks are in their first four years in the league. A top baseball player lasts 15 to 20 years. We know him like an old friend. 64 Baseball means Spring's Here.
Football means Winter's Coming.
Baseball's record on race relations is poor. But football's is much worse. 67 Baseball has a drug problem comparable to society's. Pro football has a range of substance-abuse problems comparable only to itself. And, perhaps, The Hells Angels'.