John Underwood (1) (1934–2023)
Auteur van It's Only Me: The Ted Williams We Hardly Knew
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- 1934
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2023-04-12
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As far as the qualilty of his argumentation and predictions, if by the 'death' of the game, he means that the game was changing to something he liked less and felt was harmful to society, then he's entitled to his opinion, though it is very easy to read accounts by other old-timers who are equally adamant that the game has become sissified over the years.. He often seems, though, to be predicting its literal extinction, and that everybody would be playing and watching soccer. Is soccer more popular now than it was in 1979? Maybe. Is football less popular? Not even remotely, and its non-death is probably not attributable to adoption of very many of Underwood's often-farfetched suggestions for reform, few of which have been instituted. From this standpoint, after thirty-five years, it's probably time to call his prediction incorrect, not just premature. Football, as a big business, is run by very media-savvy quasi-corporations and their executives, who can deploy armies of attorneys and public relations sorts to lull any fears the press and public might express about their game, as is being done currently during the concussion debate.… (meer)