Gregg Easterbrook’s “The King of Sports” should be required reading by anyone who watches football — professional, collegiate or high school.
He covers the financial hypocrisy of the NFL (the “Non-Profit Football League”), as well as the all-too-brief careers of the vast majority of players, and the “Grand Illusion” that collegiate football offers.
He makes recommendations for fixing the current system, to ensure that those who play the game get out of what they deserve. But his prescriptions make too much sense to ever be put into practice.
Read reviews from the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and Minnesota Public Radio.