On today’s episode, Frank and Megan are going to the gridiron to talk about football. What are the metaphysical identity conditions for sports teams? What makes a rule a good rule? Why is steroid use banned, but special training encouraged? Is the Super Bowl a distinctly American ritual? Will data analysts replace coaches? And does the extreme injury risk of football make it America’s most immoral pastime?
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Email: philosophyonthefringes@gmail.com
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Bibliography:
Take Your Eye Off the Ball 2.0 | Triumph Books
The Only Good Reason to Ban Steroids in Baseball: To Prevent an Arms Race - The Atlantic
Full Body Swimsuit Now Banned for Professional Swimmers - ABC News (go.com)
How The NFL Uses Analytics, According To The Lead Analyst Of A Super Bowl Champion (forbes.com)
4th down aggressiveness increasing rapidly across NFL | AP News
NFL running backs meet to discuss position’s depressed wages | NFL | The Guardian
Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied | The Brink | Boston University
Study finds CTE in 40 percent of athletes who died before 30 - ABC News (go.com)
Could CTE in the NFL Be Solved by OSHA? - Global Sport Matters
Ship of Theseus | Definition, Examples, & Solutions | Britannica
Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy (pp. 101-117)
Pragmatism and Reference (pp. 195-6 discusses the Browns/Ravens case)
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