Professional football / Tamara Thompson, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

NFL (National Football League) concussion revelations heighten concern about game safety / Don Van Natta Jr. -- Adrian Peterson and the sport fan's new quandary: Watch or not? / Patrik Jonsson -- Cheating scandals have tarnished pro football's reputation / David Fleming -- Washington, DC, team faces pressure to change derogatory name / Travis Waldron -- NFL cheerleaders take the spotlight with lawsuits over fair pay / Howard Bloom -- Pro football's legal issues attract government scrutiny / Kaveh Waddell -- Overview: Boxing fell from favour as we became less tolerant of violence. Will American football follow? / Ed Smith -- Domestic violence is a serious problem in the NFL / David Leonard and Monica Casper -- NFL players face token league censure for violent off-field behavior / Travis Waldron -- The NFL must do more to curb domestic abuse / Richard Blumenthal -- Domestic violence is not a serious problem in the NFL / Jim Picht -- The NFL is working hard to combat domestic violence / Lucia Graves -- The NFL has strengthened its player-conduct policies / National Football League -- Football is a socially acceptable way to express violent emotions / Tom Allon -- NFL players routinely abuse pain medications to stay in the game / John Barr -- Retired NFL players bear serious consequences from drug use / Jim Dryden -- Alcohol and drug use by NFL players sets a bad example for youth / Bryan Levy -- Pain and pain management in NFL spawn a culture of prescription drug use and abuse / Sally Jenkins and Rick Maese -- Marijuana can play a legitimate role for professional football players / Marvin Washington, Brendon Ayanbadejo, and Scott Fujita -- Three simple fixes that could save pro football: Reimagining the game for the twenty-first century / Jeff Nussbaum -- Professional football is good for the economy / Yuval Rosenberg -- Hosting a Super Bowl is a bad deal for cities / Alan Pyke -- The NFL should be stripped of its nonprofit status / Andy Kroll -- The moral case against football / Melissa Jeltsen -- Actually, anybody can play / Bindu Khurana.

Explores a variety of contemporary issues related to the National Football League, including accurate reporting of concussions, off-field conduct by players, and the non-profit status of the NFL.