If David Irving was hoping to maximize the amount of people that would take heed of his actual point then making it with a fat ass joint in his hand was the wrong way to go about things. I respect that he clearly doesn't give a damn about what anyone might think about his decision to do what few would in saying "fuck the NFL" in the prime of his career. However, I kind of wish he did, because his actual story isn't going to get anywhere near the readership it deserves due to the headline. The fact that the NFL encourages the popping of insanely destructive and addictive pills, while treating the most harmless of helpful habits like it's a gateway to heroin, and puts on a front like they actually care about concussions aside from the times players are left woozily wandering back to the sideline on national television is worth talking about. "Idiotic athlete puff, puff, passes on playing out the rest of a promising career", however, calls for a much shorter and less sincere discussion. Simply put, the devil is in the details and, if that line about him crashing his car in a confused daze the day after a game is even remotely true, then he's probably lucky that all that devil has done to date is put his long-term health in jeopardy. As easy as it would be to assume differently in having your focus clouded by the suspensions and the marijuana smoke, that Instagram story wasn't about weed so much as weed was a supporting actor in a tale about a 25 year old who doesn't think the money can pay off the mental toll that football would continue to take on him. The fact that we just accept that the NFL is run by greedy, repressed assholes who are making billions off the oft-broken backs of those whose contracts aren't even guaranteed speaks to how addicted we are to football. When you look at it that way, we as fans are really in no position to be criticizing others for their vices, especially when that vice just so happens to be one that's both popular and increasingly legal amongst those of us that aren't routinely bashing our brain en route to an early grave.
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