Saturday, November 24, 2007

The Dark Side of the NFL

On Wednesday I finished reading "The Dark Side of the NFL" by Tim Green. He played for 8 years in the NFL as an Atlanta Falcon, and I found his book to be very interesting. He obviously loves the game, and is grateful that he got to play pro for so many years, but he doesn't deny the dark side of it, and tells about the drug abuse, the salary cap, and the problems with the doctors without pulling any punches, but at the same time thinks that the NFL is wonderful and knows how fortunate he and everyone else who plays is. It didn't seem like a slimy expose at all; rather, a story told from a man who loves the game and knows that like everything else in life, it isn't perfect.

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