The NFL’s Looming Choice: “Chickafication” or Bloodsport
When the time comes, as it well may, to choose between a "chickafied" NFL or to continue to knowingly pay young men to ruin the rest of their lives for the amusement of fans seeking bloodsport, what...
View ArticleEthics Heroes: NFL Owners
The NFL owners are really interested in protecting the players' brains, even if the players aren't. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Dunces: NFL Football Fans
In response to a question in a newly released CNN poll, a majority of football fans responded that the fact that the NFL intentionally withheld from its players evidence that repeated concussions were...
View ArticleEthics Hero: Michael Sam
I think Sam's honesty is admirable in every way. My guess is that he hurt his career chances badly, and if that is the result, his courage may have the exact opposite effect that gay advocates and...
View ArticleEthics Note To The Sports Media Regarding Their Coverage of Michael Sam: SHUT...
Michael Sam needs the sports media to shut up. They won't, though. That is why he is doomed. Continue reading →
View ArticleComment of the Day: “Ethics Hero: Michael Sam”
Here is Penn's thoughtful and well-rendered comment from yesterday, the Comment of the Day, on the post, Ethics Hero: Michael Sam... Continue reading →
View ArticleMichael Sam Flunks Trailblazer Ethics, And Many Will Suffer Because Of It
Upon learning that he had been drafted by an NFL team, Michael Sam kissed his lover on the lips as cameras rolled. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Actually, there is Continue reading →
View ArticleThe O’Bannon Case: A Judge Explains How The Law Requires An Unethical and...
Anyone who roots for a college team that pays its players is a fool...and one that is helping to rot American higher education. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Michael Sam Botch: Back To Square One…Or Worse.
The sad reality is that Michael Sam hurt, rather than advanced, the gay rights movement in professional sports. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe NFL’s Foolish, Counter-productive, Unethical Gay Affirmative Action
This both establishes a policy of gay affirmative action in the NFL, and also exemplifies what is wrong with all affirmative action. Let's make a list: Continue reading →
View ArticleOf Black Lungs and Concussions: How Can An Ethical Person Be A Football Fan?
"Here’s the deal: Concussions are the black lung of the NFL. And the league knows it." Sure it does, but my problem is, so do its fans Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Quiz: The New England Patriots’ Loophole Victory
Did the Patriots cheat to beat the Ravens? Continue reading →
View ArticleDeflategate Ethics Verdict: Prove It, Then Ban Bill Belichick
The NFL has to make certain that Belichick was the architect of Deflategate, and then, if it gives a damn about not sending the message to young football fans everywhere that the only crime in cheating...
View ArticleWatching The Super Bowl Is Unethical. You Know That, Right?
The NFL has deceitfully, ruthlessly, cruelly and greedily constructed a culturally rotting form of entertainment that is too big and popular for the government to control. It will change, or go away,...
View ArticleNo, Carol Costello, You Contemptible Fool, Cheating Isn’t Funny
Anyone who thinks cheating is trivial and funny is an ethics corrupter, unfit to communicate news, ideas, or controversies, and definitely unqualified to broadcast her ignorant, cynical and despicable...
View ArticleNow We Know: Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady Is A Fick*
Tom Brady thinks his cheating is cute. So do his fans, the future Hillary Clinton voters of the USA. Continue reading →
View ArticleBeware of Heroes: Why Tom Brady Is An Ethics Corrupter
It's not villains who rot our ethics. It's the flawed and untrustworthy heroes Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Unethical Tom Brady Conduct He Isn’t Being Punished For
It wasn't the infraction alone that made this serious; it was the suggestion, magnified by Brady's smug attitude, that cheating in a play-off game is no big deal and nothing to be upset or ashamed...
View ArticleThe Ethics Alarms New NFL Season Ethics Quote Of The Week: Ex-Football Fan...
Have fun, football fans! Continue reading →
View ArticleDid You Enjoy Your Pro Football Today? Here’s What You Were Cheering For…
Yes, pro football is an exciting game. Too bad keeping it exciting kills people, but it does. Continue reading →
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