Tag: football
Is it immoral to watch football?
Francisco Javier López Frías, Pennsylvania State University and Cesar R. Torres, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
For a large swath of...
Big game days in college football linked with sexual assault
Peter Siminski, University of Technology Sydney; Isaac Swensen, Montana State University, and Jason Lindo, Texas A&M University
It’s already known that students drink and...
Green Bay Packers fans love that their team doesn’t have an...
Alan J. Kellner, Northwestern University
In July, I was walking with my parents through the newly constructed Titletown District in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a new...
I’m an economist riding a bike across America, defying what the...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
It’s summer, a time when many people who might have spent the winter hibernating get outside and start...
NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here’s...
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
The recent decision by the NFL regarding player protests and the national anthem has yet again exposed the fraught relationship between...
If football is so deadly, why did 103 million people watch...
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, the party stopped, if just for a second.
Tom Brady found Patriots wide...
Talent doesn’t explain the success of the Patriots and Eagles
Kyle Emich, University of Delaware
The New England Patriots lost their best wide receiver to an ACL tear before the season started. Two months later,...
Does defense actually win championships?
Mark Otten, California State University, Northridge
Legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant famously said, “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.”
Since Bryant’s retirement in 1982, his...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
