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Is it immoral to watch football?

  • Written by Francisco Javier López Frías, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
What ethical issues should you consider when watching football?Chris Brooks/flickr.com, CC BY-ND

For a large swath of Americans, fall means football. But, as in previous years, this season’s football has been mired in controversy.

Most notable of these has been the Colin Kaepernick case. Kaepernick has accused the NFL of colluding to keep him...

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