Getting amped for football season in Kansas means ignoring another bleak study on head injuries

By: Eric Thomas

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 1,649

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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In a column four years ago, I wrote about my moral confusion with football.

On one hand, America swoons for the sport more than ever.

Witness the tailgate tables in Lawrence this weekend: the Jayhawk tablecloths, the ornate crimson-and-blue cupcakes, and novelty KU cocktails. In Topeka, the state of Kansas doles out tax breaks to the Kansas City Chiefs, desperate for them to move across the state …

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