Professional football
By: Tamara Thompson, book editor
Series: Current controversies series; Current controversies
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780737774245; 9780737774252
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Social aspects; Football; National Football League
Work titles: Professional football (Current controversies)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why has professional football been in the news? NFL concussion revelations heighten concern about game safety / Don Van Natta Jr. ; Adrian Peterson and the sport fan's new quandary : watch or not? / Patrik Jonsson ; Cheating scandals have tarnished pro football's reputation / David Fleming ; Washington, DC, team faces pressure to change derogatory name / Travis Waldron ; NFL cheerleaders take the spotlight with lawsuits over fair pay / Howard Bloom ; Pro football's legal issues attract government scrutiny / Kaveh Waddell; title: Does professional football perpetuate violence? Overview: Boxing fell from favour as we became less tolerant of violence. Will American football follow? / Ed Smith ; Domestic violence is a serious problem in the NFL / David Leonard and Monica Casper ; NFL players face token league censure for violent off-field behavior / Travis Waldron ; The NFL must do more to curb domestic abuse / Richard Blumenthal ; Domestic violence is not a serious problem in the NFL / Jim Picht ; The NFL is working hard to combat domestic violence / Lucia Graves ; The NFL has strengthened its player-conduct policies / National Football League ; Football is a socially acceptable way to express violent emotions / Tom Allon; title: What is the impact of drugs in professional football? NFL players routinely abuse pain medications to stay in the game / John Barr ; Retired NFL players bear serious consequences from drug use / Jim Dryden ; Alcohol and drug use by NFL players sets a bad example for youth / Bryan Levy ; Pain and pain management in NFL spawn a culture of prescription drug use and abuse / Sally Jenkins and Rick Maese ; Marijuana can play a legitimate role for professional football players / Marvin Washington, Brendon Ayanbadejo, and Scott Fujita; title: What are some other key issues with professional football? Three simple fixes that could save pro football : reimagining the game for the twenty-first century / Jeff Nussbaum ; Professional football is good for the economy / Yuval Rosenberg ; Hosting a Super Bowl is a bad deal for cities / Alan Pyke ; The NFL should be stripped of its nonprofit status / Andy Kroll ; The moral case against football / Melissa Jeltsen ; Actually, anybody can play / Bindu Khurana; title: Organizations to contact.