"Stay tuned for Monday Night Soccer..."

As much as we love football, growing statistical evidence about the negative impact the sport has on some athletes' brains has given us pause. Would we allow a son to play the game in high school? Probably, but maybe not. As a born-and-bred North Texan with a devotion to the Dallas Cowboys embedded in our DNA, the fact that we would even consider saying "no" perhaps says a lot about the future of football in general and the NFL in particular.

Grantland.com recently took this a step further and tried to imagine how football might wither in the U.S. and become a second-class sport like boxing. On one hand, this is crazy talk. On the other hand, it certainly seems possible.

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