The Huddle

Who doesn’t have memories of sitting with the family on Sunday afternoon and watching dad’s favorite team playing football. Then there is the Super Bowl and the refreshments and foods that go with it. Or sitting in the bleachers at the local high school cheering on our loved ones and their team as they run up and down the field. Football has become so much of our past time and much of our young students high school life that we sometimes wonder if their life does not revolve around the sport instead of academia.

Where did this large part of our past time come from? And who is to blame for taki...