Society and Football

Submitted by Steven L.Pate

       It appear that the NFL season will proceed as scheduled. The possibility of no football on Sundays is like The Pope refusing to do mass. There is 9 billion dollars at stake. I know this situation is about billionaires vs. millionaires and I don't have a nickel in that quarter but to some extent I'm emotionally and finanacially vested in the outcome of football season like many men and even women all over the country. I buy, jerseys, hats, t shirts, attend games, and spend a good prtion of my time watching it on TV or checking out the latest new on the internet. Football is a way of life for me when it is in season. People gather together on Sundays like going to church and worship there team. I know I could spend a whole Sunday just watching football and being enticed to purchase the newest gimmick the that sponsors would tell me that I need. Football has become a social institution of American Culture as fan we spend countless amouts of dollars on gambling, fantasy football, John Madden XBOX,Playstaion for the ourselves and the children.