![]() That's an awful lot of advertisers and investors lining up to pay a lot of money, simply because a lot of people are watching. That's billion, with a B, just for broadcasting rights. Last December, The Wall Street Journal called the NFL "The League That Runs TV." The NFL had just inked multiple extension deals with Fox, CBS and NBC that will pay the league $27.9 billion dollars over the next nine years. Seau's death comes on the heels of the shocking New Orleans Saints "bounty scandal" that exposed the ugly underside of NFL culture, and gives us yet one more reason to look at the top-grossing sports entertainment business that, in many ways, rules network television. Whether Seau's condition was the result of repeated concussions may never be known. There are a number of ex-players suffering from debilitating neuro-muscular diseases and chronic depression, and there is some research pointing to multiple head traumas as the cause. Seau was believed to have been suffering from depression, a condition some believe resulted from the multiple concussions he received as a pro player. Seau was found dead last week at his California home, killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But the recent suicide of 20-year NFL veteran Junior Seau brings up even more disturbing questions about the brutal nature America's favorite sport. ![]() You could say football is a sport built on violence.
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