On today's episode, Frank and Megan are going to the gridiron to talk about football. What are the metaphysical identity conditions for sports teams? What makes a rule a good rule? Why is steroid use banned, but special training encouraged? Is the Super Bowl a distinctly American ritual? Will data analysts replace coaches? And does the extreme injury risk of football make it America's most immoral pastime? ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: [email protected] ----------------------- Bibliography: Take Your Eye Off the Ball 2.0 | Triumph Books [https://www.triumphbooks.com/take-your-eye-off-the-ball-2-0-products-9781629371696.php] The Only Good Reason to Ban Steroids in Baseball: To Prevent an Arms Race - The Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/06/the-only-good-reason-to-ban-steroids-in-baseball-to-prevent-an-arms-race/276932/] Full Body Swimsuit Now Banned for Professional Swimmers - ABC News (go.com) [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-body-swimsuit-now-banned-professional-swimmers/story?id=9437780] How The NFL Uses Analytics, According To The Lead Analyst Of A Super Bowl Champion (forbes.com) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/liamfox/2021/08/12/how-the-nfl-uses-analytics-according-to-the-lead-analyst-of-a-super-bowl-champion/?sh=3af9ff4e424e] 4th down aggressiveness increasing rapidly across NFL | AP News [https://apnews.com/article/nfl-sports-los-angeles-chargers-joe-lombardi-brandon-staley-a78f2cde1b8e1daac3ff4f78b9ef2d1f] NFL running backs meet to discuss position's depressed wages | NFL | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/23/nfl-running-backs-meet-to-discuss-positions-depressed-wages] Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com) [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/football/cte-study-concussions-brain-tackle.html] BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied | The Brink | Boston University [https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/bu-finds-cte-in-nearly-92-percent-of-former-nfl-players-studied/] Estimating the prevalence at death of CTE neuropathology among professional football players | Neurology [https://n.neurology.org/content/92/1/43?fbclid=IwAR0NXsCComYts9lAZi0ylZcL605N2H32MzH8BlgXd3WWaHUATKLsUqRR0lc] Study finds CTE in 40 percent of athletes who died before 30 - ABC News (go.com) [https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/study-finds-cte-40-percent-athletes-died-30/story?id=102620069&fbclid=IwAR18Zbwaxt2sdqLW4ml2nrlW0hRqcrTuSyAEPFfqzI8L_qWuXynH-VT4Lk0#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20has%20diagnosed,and%20died%20before%20age%2030] Could CTE in the NFL Be Solved by OSHA? - Global Sport Matters [https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2022/06/21/how-osha-could-make-nfl-safer-cte/] Ship of Theseus | Definition, Examples, & Solutions | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/topic/ship-of-Theseus-philosophy] Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/virtue-ethics-and-consequentialism-in-early-chinese-philosophy/04733BD0340F1C82FAE051DB8105916B](pp. 101-117) Pragmatism and Reference [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262026604/pragmatism-and-reference/] (pp. 195-6 discusses the Browns/Ravens case) ----------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: RZMGXZY5O2AIXNTQ