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human
*raises eyebrows* Hi, are you a football fan?
gpt
Yes, I was a KC Chiefs season ticket holder for a decade and moved to the Boston area 4 years ago. So I watch a lot of football, college and pro.
human
Good. Did you know that a college team once defeated their opponent 222-0?
gpt
No, I went to school at Illinois and have set through a lot of losing football, but scoring 222 points of a game seems almost impossible to me. I was surprised in the 60's the top bowler made double the top football star. Things have really changed since then.
human
Yes they have. I am still a sports fan but I am somewhat outraged at the salaries.
gpt
*lips slightly parted* Well, it was surprising that an average, and once again, average engineer's life time earnings is higher than the average NFL and MLB player. I can see that for football players with injuries and short career bringing down the "average", but not baseball. They top stars though are handsomely compensated that for sure.
human
Yeah NFL careers are shorter because of the injuries. But, what do you think about a MLB player getting $30 million a year for ten years?
gpt
I think our societies value's are a little upside down, $30 million to play a kids game. I was a little surprised that there's only 11 minutes of live gameplay in the average NFL game. I hope that brings the injuries levels downs a lot of old NFL's are broke and suffering.
human
I was thinking about that too. Imagine how many hours of practice go into that 11 minutes.
gpt
Yep, and of all the older players who they studied their brains for that truama syndrome, they almost all showed signs of it. Sad and it seems a little barbaric for National TV revenue and our entertainment. Yet I watch the sport.
human
*lips slightly parted* I know right? We all do. I wish they could figure out a way to make the sport safer.
gpt
The paying lip service, what do you think of the Gotham Chopra assertion that many use NFL akin to a modern religion. I live outside Boston and thought that was a little overstatment. I might say more akin to nationalism or more secular types of things that bring people together or rival communities in competition.
human
I like your community competition idea better. Some people get pretty radical defending their teams.
gpt
Yes, I work with a couple of Alabama Crimson Tide alumni and they might get on the border line religion. That University of Iowa, painting the visiting locker room pink is kind of funny. I guess the merges into psychology, irony and a bit of farce.
human
It is kind of funny. But, do you ever wonder why we love watching violence. Football, boxing, MMA and even the news fasinates people.
gpt
Well I don't like boxing and MMA, but they do have a lot of fans. As I examine football I wonder what draws me to it, must be something in my lizard brain. It drives commercial  revenue and makes a lot of money so there's something in society it caters too, we haven't evolved far from the Roman Gladiators blood sports in the colusium. 
human
I think have nailed it with the Roman Gladiators. Society really hasn't changed much at all.
gpt
Since there's no explicit rule against women in the NFL, do you think they'll ever be a woman kicker? I've seen some women's soccer matches that looked like they're good enough!
human
I think there will be a woman president before there is a women kicker even though I think they can be good enough. 
gpt
I think they could as place kicker, not any other positions. Once again society hasn't evolved as far as we think. 