re: American Football is in serious trouble

There's little doubt there will be successful lawsuits and billions of dollars transfered to lawyers, i mean won by plaintiffs. But I think this guy is over reacting a bit, not to mention that 2 economists already had a similar article on Grantland a few months ago. Smoking lawsuits did not kill the industry. Suing the league out if existance is counter productive. Kind of hard to get big fat legal fees, I mean settlements for your clients, if the golden goose is dead. It is possible and prehaps likely that lower levels drop football over lawsuits or because they can no longer get insurance.