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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

So football is often used as a metaphor for life.

What is it about football that makes it so adept providing lessons on living?

And what specific lessons can we glean from the sport and are those lessons worth the

risk of physical injury that come with playing the game?

Well, my guest today takes a stab at answering these questions in his book, Why Football Matters,

My Education in the Game.

His name is Mark Edminton, and he's a professor of English at the University of Virginia.

I had Mark on the show at the beginning of the year to talk about his fantastic book, Selfie

Soul.

You haven't checked that out.

Listen to it.

Today on the show, Mark and I discuss his experience playing high school football on the

lessons of character, courage, loss and maleness that he picked up from the game.

And besides the upsides of football, Mark also shares the negative lessons football can

teach young men.

If you played football on high school like I did, you'll definitely resonate with this

episode, but it'll also be of interest to anyone who has a son who plays or simply enjoys

watching the game.

After the show's over, make sure to check out the show notes at aowim.is slash white football

matters for links to resources where you can delve deeper into this topic.

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