As I told Chuck Klosterman, I planned to do a pod on his Football book with non sports fan Rob Henderson. So what did our favorite sports agnostic intellectual think of such a deep dive into America’s favorite game?
Topics! Include!
When one’s job is a bigger marker of identity than one’s race
Is the NFL a more positive racial story than what gets relayed in media?
Why did conservative media know football was coming back during Covid?
Most retired NFL players have painful daily injuries. Most of the injured have no regrets
How does NFL culture deal with certain positions being higher/lower Wonderlic?
Libs are fine with young women doing Only Fans; Cons are fine with young NFL players damaging their brains
Rob Henderson is fascinated by the gender implications of how the WNBA reacted to Caitlin Clark
Why are NBA teammates rarely friends?
Rob is interested in why soccer is an elite sport in America but working class sport elsewhere
Rob and I both loved one particular passage in Klosterman’s book about how his dad reacted to Doug Flutie’s miracle play
