[lbo-talk] Katha Pollit

[michael perelman]

Our high school district produced some of the most famous NFL football
players: Montana, Unitus, Namath.  Dave Bongiovingo was recruited by
Wisconsin.  The coach said that he would be better than Alan Ameche, a
hall of fame running back.  Both his parents were given cars.  The
school later found out that Dave had a bad back.  The cars were
repossessed & he went to work at a dry cleaners.

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:06 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> Look, organized sports are rather terrible for the athletes; and given the
> average length of an athlete's career (especially in football) and the
> physical damage done his body, athletes are not paid very well. Is Real
> Sprts still on HBO. I can't see the TV screen anymore so I don't know, but
> it was one of the best shows on TV.
>
> Carrol
>
> I was horrified to find out, after reading the Atlantic article on college sports, that "student atheletes" are not covered by workman's comp if they get injured. They're not covered by anything. It's little better than slavery.
>
> Joanna
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