Labor Day/About This Blog

It's a pretty obvious and indisputable statement that football is a sport ingrained in the American ethos. National holidays during the season demonstrate this importance; Thanksgiving for many is a day of family football games in the park and watching the NFL after eating turkey and potatoes, and New Year's day is often celebrated by marathon of college football games. Labor Day is no exception. Today, I'm sure you are much more likely to find Americans with the day off of work at home watching college football than you are to find them at a labor march or rally.

What is also indisputable, though, is that there is a hidden underside to a sport that has captures the attention of millions of Americans throughout the fall and year round. The prevalence and severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting from the football is undeniable, and it's impact is only beginning to reach the surface level of our societal awareness.

This blog seeks to explore that underside, to engage and analyze the crisis occurring in a game that sits at the very heart of the American ethos. This blog will be a place of exploration, information, and speculation on the nature of football and its future. It will serve as a resource to those impacted by or wanting to learn more about TBI. Most of all, it will be always be a voice truth, no matter how inconvenient or how bleak that truth may seem. For, with a nod to a famous quote from the bible, it is the truth that will set us free.