The science is in......American football is functioning like a highly profitable and entertaining brain-damage factory. There are clearly deep ethical implications for anyone who continues to support it, normalize it, and promote it.  Mr. Meeks seems to understand this, but has conveniently found an ethicist that helps him "feel better" about his continued support of this atrocious sport.  

I understand that it would be difficult for a sports writer like Mr. Meeks to take a "principled stand," but doing the right thing is often difficult and comes with a cost.  However, taking a principled stand also would come with rewards like a clean conscience, knowing that you are making a legitimate effort to help end a terribly destructive practice that is ruining the brains and the lives of so many.

I hope that Mr. Meeks and others will soon remove the blinders and take a principled stand against  an extremely dangerous and stupid sport which is putting so many young lives at risk.