Against Football : : one Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

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I wasn't out cold, but I was out -- A brief and wildly subjective history of football -- A deep and true joy penetrated my being -- You knock my brains out this Sunday and I knock your brains out the next time we meet -- This eager violence of the heart -- "Get money!" on three -- The love song of Richie Incognito -- The blind spot -- Their sons grow suicidally beautiful -- All games aspire to a condition of war -- Bill Simmons draws the line -- Stop being a fan, start being a player.

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Hardly a "Manifesto" submitted by robbo10 on June 22, 2015, 6:57pm This is hardly manifesto. Nor is it an analysis. It is a rather lightweight, dispassionate commentary, Even when he reports on violence, racism and sexism he is dispassionate. It is so dispassionate, in fact the author hardly seems very interested in his subject, which is less football than the problematic role football plays in society and in people's lives. Hence, he hardly raises the interest of the reader.