For the past few years there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the dangers of playing football. As a result of this, many people will call for better safety regulations or even boycott watching football for a while, but eventually it seems that they always end up giving up on their resolutions. They may blame it on other people or come up with any number of excuses as to why they are participating in the football culture again, but the fact is that they have not held true to their promise.

One of the reasons why people find football so enticing is that it is such an ingrained part of our culture as Americans. It seems that with any large occasion, there is always football to go with it. On New Year’s Eve this year, for example, there were two high stakes college football playoff games.

However, it is not always football that goes along with an occasion. A lot of times, football creates an occasion for itself. The Superbowl, for example, is celebrated by many American families as if it were a holiday. Many Americans also enjoy minor occasions like Sunday and Monday Night Football as a part of their weekly routine. Games like this are so popular that 34 of the 35 most watched TV shows in the fall of 2014 were NFL games.

This is why, despite the uproar about injuries and deaths related to football, it is not going away any time soon. As long as there are players to play it, people will continue to watch it. It is unreasonable to think that we can make people stop supporting and participating in football because of its risks. What we should really be focusing on is making football safer and not talking about how horrible it is now.