As Washington Redskin’s running back Chris Thompson shares, “Fantasy football, it makes us not human. It’s almost like people think we’re just robots out there, performing for you.” In a sport sometimes described as our modern day gladiator ring due to how often the sport causes long term inury and even death among its participants, Thompson has a fair complaint. Back in the time of the gladiators, when people saw those competitors as less than human — it wasn’t long before they started seeing each other the same way. We should be afraid of history repeating itself.
Do Fantasy Sports Dehumanize Athletes And Make Us Worse People?
