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#248: Why Football Matters

#248: Why Football Matters

The Art of Manliness · The Art of Manliness

October 31, 201638m 58s

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Show Notes

Football is often used as a metaphor for life.
What is it about football that makes it so adept at providing lessons on living, what specific lessons can we gleam from the sport, and are those lessons worth the risk of physical injury that come with playing the game?
My guest today takes a stab at answering these questions in his book "Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game." His name is Mark Edmundson and he’s a professor of English at the University of Virginia.

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