The case for American football

[@voidmayonnaise]

Why I Concuss My Helmet and Not My Head

[@britonlimani6419]

He will never escape this meme

[@ShaheenGhiassy]

Cut runs deep

[@logicalparadox2897]

Why I play football with my hands and not my feet?

[@Ditocoaf]

​@@logicalparadox2897Oh that's good

[@levi-homer]

Not funny≠nolaugh😔

[@llllemomn]

My case for American Football is that they are one of the most important midwest emo bands of the last 30 years, incorporating an impressive blend of math rock, jangling guitars, and pop hooks with unconventional song structures.

[@gelatinouscatgirl8369]

When I saw the title I thought about band first and actual sport later, lol.

[@SanskarWagley]

Hell yeah brother

[@nanashi7779]

Damn

[@NigelGrab]

Let's juuuust forget

[@anirudhiyer6599]

I'm from Urbana and live a block away from the house!! Only got into emo music recently and it's insane to see people all around the world recognize this random house in buttfuck nowhere a block from where I live!!!

[@Orgel1685]

The first 12 minutes was pure vintage Ragusea pod, made me extremely happy to remember the glory days of one of the best ever podcasts

[@DNguyenchester]

And it was free 😢

[@MnGirl1994]

I gotta put this out there... i pulled my son out of football after his 2nd concussion in high-school... everyone said i was overreacting- especially since he was so talented. 10 years later, his best childhood friend started acting erratically and, within a year of symptoms, committed suicide in the most horrific way. He played football through college. The autopsy showed severe CTE - he was only 26 years old. IMO -kids shouldn't even start playing contact football/sports until they're at least 16 years old (if at all). Brain trauma is real.

[@zncon]

You 100% did the right thing. There's no excuse for putting kids into a sport that we KNOW has a significantly elevated risk of causing them lifelong medical issues. Adults can make the choice for themselves, but it should be banned as a childhood sport.

[@mars7304]

Children's leagues are mostly two-hand touch, or flag based. In what world are we not calling out full-contact leagues for kids?

[@EditsbyM]

Agree until the last part. There's plenty of contact sports that aren't very risky.

[@GhostyOcean]

​@@mars7304Actual football starts in middle school, at least here in Texas it does. That could be 6 years of getting your brain smashed before you even have your diploma. Some people do club sports as children where tackling is allowed.

[@SimuLord]

I'm entirely convinced that the two knockouts (and five losses overall in 20 fights) I suffered as an amateur boxer in high school play a role in my middle-aged self occasionally forgetting how to do my job in the middle of a workday. Thankfully nothing that a short break or a bit of goofing off (bless KZbin) can't fix, but probably related. Same church, different pew, really.

[@MedalionDS9]

Congrats Adam for making it where you can just do whatever you want, and not just stick forever in one lane forever, happy for ya dude

[@MDLC424]

Honestly it’s nuts, been watching since 2019 myself and seeing a good content creator get rewarded for busting their ass is nice.

[@nunyabidness8870]

I realize that there is a near zero likelihood that this will be seen by ben or either adam, but could yall make the pod available, subscription only, on apple podcasts? I'm happy to pay for it, it's just that patreon doesn't work with carplay, and I listen to all of my podcasts in the car. Thanks!

[@shanek2285]

Fyi apple takes a huge cut compared to patreon or similar services. Which is why many content creators don't offer subscriptions there

[@rlkinnard]

i am a doctor who has seen people who play football develop CTE and die young We have known about head trauma and dementia since the 1920s, and i have seen boxers with dementia pugilistica.

[@papalpatte]

I loved your old podcast, always listend to it during my time working as a dishwasher.

[@pein8485]

freaked out thinking Adam liked Americ anfootball just for it to be the sport

[@nostalgia_junkie]

let's just pretend he's into math rock

[@Xedrie]

Real

[@mars7304]

The sport inspired the band

[@spookyshark632]

​@@mars7304 It's an ironic name

[@Alex-tx2dh]

Pathetic

[@sfurules]

My son is in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Florida and he's really turned me off of football...the data are pretty conclusive. If you play football, you will have brain injury. Almost without exception.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Ok, that opening monologue was incredible

[@BiglyWeenis]

Something I haven't seen mentioned is the risk of heat stroke associated with football. Every year a handful of players die from heatstroke, with many many more injured. This is a risk at every level, from the NFL all the way down to kids leagues. The crazy amount of body armor football requires prevents the body from cooling down, with disastrous consequences. In combination with football being a summer/fall sport, and especially popular in the South, makes it unconscionably dangerous.

[@goclbert]

This isn't really a risk at the NFL level. The coaches are well informed and have all the resources necessary to make sure of that after Korey Stringer's death in 2001. The uniforms are not as much of a problem as most practices aren't actually done with pads on. The real problem is that a summertime football practice will have over 100 kids on the field that are hard to keep track of. On top of that every high school practices on artificial turf which gets much hotter than a grass field. Then you add in the egos of football coaches who think every player has to be tough and it can spell disaster.

[@BiglyWeenis]

@@goclbert fair enough, I'd hope with all the resources available the NFL could do better. The point with the coaches having big egos is important, I think that is a huge issue. Aggressive coaching could lead to players who don't feel able to speak up when they feel sick. Obviously this issue isn't restricted to football but I think the other factors at play make it worse in that sport.

[@Rocky_Fan]

Honestly I was expecting 9 minutes of talking about how food and futbol is very similar. But there's 55 minutes

[@D34DParadise]

adam's channel is like a box of chocolates, you never know what kind of video you're gonna get

[@GyroCannon]

The randomness of the content here is starting to approach Atomic Shrimp levels and I'm fine with that lol

[@jouska107]

do you, by chance, like midwest emo?

[@Exiled_Rouge]

This was terrific. Helps soften the loss of my beloved Raguesa podcast.

[@andrewstockwell66]

Maybe I missed his being called it before, but I love that they called Adam "Goose".

[@sambowman91]

Adam and Ben being Pod-edged by this intro is one of the best audio podcasts in the history of Uxbridge-Shimoda.

[@rickybryan1759]

Maarn Grook is a game played by Indigenous Australians in the South East. It’s possibly thousands of years old and there’s debate as to how much it may have influenced Australian Rules football. Especially the high catching - speccies so to speak. It’s the only football that owes nothing to the English games

[@bscag2]

21:50 that has to be the worst take adam has ever had on anything

[@randomman9231]

I’ve never seen a comment section so vehemently anti American Football/sports in general. Then again this is an Adam Ragusea comment section so I’m not sure what I expected.

[@FutureCommentary1]

People will hardly comment that they love American Football if the podcast (I haven't listened yet) talks about risks of injuries. They'll just self-censor

[@gideonsochay.2098]

it's kinda wild how full force the hate is in this comment section

[@SimuLord]

I like American football but I'd never let my kids play it competitively in a full-contact form. Along the same lines, I was a boxer as a teenager and enjoy a good fight even today, but no son of mine will ever step into the ring unless they're a manager or promoter.

[@Ditocoaf]

@@FutureCommentary1 The podcast is entirely positive-to-neutral about american football, and concussions aren't mentioned once. The comment section is bringing this all up on its own.

[@vulixirus]

I think most people who don't like football cannot be convinced by a video like this. They don't like it because of its violence. I think the majority of fans with a conscience also have a hard time with the brain injuries, though I think many people just dislike watching violence in general, regardless of the injuries. Who is this video even for? I like football. Even slightly obsessive about it at times. But we're the crazy ones here. I liken it to riding a motorcycle, you wouldn't do this if you weren't reckless, stupid, and crazy. Which I am.

[@officialtibby]

"wholesome podcast" 1st second of 1st episode: "The Slaughter of a Large Animal"

[@Xedrie]

My favorite midwest emo band 😮😮

[@katz2_233]

The case for milks neutrality and its connection to hotels.

[@PrettyQuicky]

Truly a dad video

[@tann_man]

As a sport it should be considered like MMA or Boxing. It will destroy your brain and body but granted you can consent to the risks its a dangerous opportunity to enjoy a thrill, be a spectacle and earn money for it. Encouraging your kid to participate is ethically dubious at minimum and spending any significant amount of your time watching it is (and ought to be more viciously considered) bug-man activity.

[@mars7304]

I'm not really gonna buy nerds saying football is bug-man activity when violence is the key aspect of most video games, movies, and shows like it always has been. You should solve the ethical dilemmas by aiding players not ignoring them lmao

[@tann_man]

@@mars7304 It's not bug-man activity because of violence. Watching football is bug-man activity because its bread and circus passive consumption endorsed by bud-light & Doritos. Identifying as a nigg-ball team fan is a cheap replacement for a true tribal identity like family, community, or ethnicity/nation. The last part about not ignoring players was a non sequitur. I don't even know where you came up with that nonsense.

[@tann_man]

​@@mars7304 It's not bug-man activity because of violence. Watching football is bug-man activity because its bread and circus passive consumption endorsed by bud-light & Doritos. Identifying as a sports-ball team fan is a cheap replacement for a true tribal identity like family, community, or ethnicity/nation. The last part about not ignoring players was a non sequitur. I don't even know where you came up with that nonsense.

[@thiccityd9773]

@@mars7304Violence in games is fake, that’s the difference. Nobody is suffering as a result of a COD game

[@gotmilkbutt]

​@@mars7304 video games aren't real, concussions are? What's hard to understand.

[@BhbtheRock]

Thank you! I keep forgetting to look up why the Brits call them "public schools", now I know

[@bopete3204]

I don't think hockey fights are a problem at all. It's more wrestling than boxing because being on skates limits how much power you can generate. It's the hits that are dangerous, as is the case for football.

[@scruffopone3989]

Hell yeah Goose, finally the pod with the boys we've been clamouring for.

[@FunkyHonkyCDXX]

Adam, you clearly need to start getting into professional wrestling. The past couple years have elevated it to legitimately great storytelling with unbelievable athletes (the women these days in particular). You have enough money to get a peacock subscription, and you should watch the opening match of the most recent PPV called Bad Blood. Only match I can think of that was more jaw dropping was Undertaker vs. Mankind Hell In A Cell

[@GIR9595]

Please make sure Ben's quiet laughter makes it into every intro

[@adamJKpunk]

The guy complaining about gambling (with whom I agree) sounds like Daniel Day Lewis in Abraham Lincoln.

[@Baopand]

Where's my Friends Of Desoto at?!?!

[@bordershader]

Loved this - as a Brit, it told me lots about a culture that I don't really understand (we have a different version of it).

[@joeljacobson9423]

Really like Adam articulating the dramatic arc/ appeal of football 21:15

[@JimUe1]

calling hockey "ice hockey" is like calling football "field football" or calling swimming "water swimming" 🤔

[@Johnappbeees22]

No, because there are different types of hockey. Roller hockey, air hockey, foot hockey

[@tonedeaftachankagaming457]

Consider: Water polo, because there are different types

[@BadgerBob]

FYI: In Rugby, there is a lot of kicking. In fact more so than American football.

[@lsdzheeusi]

Adam: stopping my podcast because it's too much pressure Also Adam: here's my new podcast! Addiction is super difficult to conquer, and takes many forms.

[@thiccityd9773]

A free form pod with friends is far easier than a researched and scripted one man show though

[@Arobsite]

To be fair a podcast with three people is pretty clearly less work for any individual person than one with just one person.

[@TheParrotlessChannel]

Justice for John Roderick

[@XanderL]

13 minutes to realize this podcast isn't just Adam solo riffing a script while two friends breathe into the mic and occasionally laugh

[@burhanbudak6041]

Former background dancer and youtube foody now owns a pizzeria concept and does podcasts. Also sells knives.

[@averousnooresa9791]

Oh boy, an hour upload about football

[@Brynbo]

As if Dad mode hadn't been engaged enough already

[@theelectricant98]

Thought this would be about thr Midwest emo band

[@paulhammer4941]

33:52 Hell yeah we love Vince!! He’s the man.

[@Doomroar]

Of course he has a podcast

[@thesquishedelf1301]

45:00 it’s weird. I wouldn’t say jocks v nerds is exclusive to Gridiron/American Football, in the rest of the world it is very much a thing, with decreasing intensity. Soccer is less nerd friendly than Rugby is less friendly than Cricket is less friendly than Field Hockey is less friendly than Water Polo/Ultimate Frisbee/Lacrosse. And I think it’s kinda similar in the states, Gridiron is historically less friendly than Baseball is less friendly than ice hockey and so on.

[@Ditocoaf]

I went to a public high school in a small town that HAD football, but the tropey nerd/jock schism wasn't a thing as far as I could tell. There were various groups that intersected to one degree or another, and none of the groups I was in really cared what the football crowd was up to, though I'm sure within their realm they were plenty popular. The debate club, the stoners, the cross country team, music kids -- these groups had considerable overlap, and I don't think the football crowd thought about us much at all, and vice versa. Why would they? Why would we? It's not like there wasn't plenty of teenage drama, more and less popular people, etc. But it was just mostly internal to whatever cliques we cared about.

[@caulder2046]

It’s been a while since I laughed as hard as I did at “I lost…SO much money”

[@rift0tripper]

I hope you guys decide to make a it a video podcast in the future. Idk why but it's more engaging for me and the only time I listen to audio only is if I'm in the car or walking

[@AnMTtr]

The content is fine but please pleas please change the screen that is on when you are talking. Its very strange having 3 heads constantly popping out at you. I had to switch tabs just to listen to it.

[@Dashitishere22]

Seems like the rest will be behind paywall so us KZbin only people won't have to worry about that I guess

[@thefareplayer2254]

Benjamin Harrison? You’re podcasting with a PRESIDENT?! That’s making it BIG!

[@SimuLord]

A man who served one term in between the non-consecutive terms of another president. Grover Cleveland might find himself no longer the sole member of that non-consecutive club in a few weeks.

[@chat-1978]

I won't be following but if it helps, I found the picture annoying with the head movement. The equalizer was also but much less.

[@Johnappbeees22]

Agreed. The audio was also poor and strangley balanced

[@DB-de2ht]

I'm curious if CTE is going to be mentioned

[@anykso]

Thank goodness theres a podcast that adam ragusea is on!

[@TamingofSpyro]

If you like American Football might I recommend Capn Jazz ? :)

[@RustinCoziahr]

So embarrassed about how many times i kept asking Pranica how much he lost on sports betting when we were at STLV....

[@S0m35uy]

Hockey is far superior and we all know it.

[@seedubhuntx]

my biggest takeaway is that adam ragusea has probably sung along to american jesus at some point

[@victoralex6569]

I'm 47yrs old. $73,000 biweekly and I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways that I remember my past of how I struggled with many things in life to be where I am today!!!!❤️

[@victoralex6569]

All thanks to Christina Ann Tucker

[@victoralex6569]

After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my daughter's surgery (Joey). Glory to God.shalom.

[@victoralex6569]

There is her line!!! under this comment!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔁 Just put the digits together.

[@victoralex6569]

*+1🇺🇸*

[@victoralex6569]

*947*

[@MrRom92DAW]

Not trying to be a hater but I’m not a fan. Introduce these people so I have some general idea of who I’m listening to. Randomly throwing up a podcast with “Adam” and “Ben”? I have no context for what I’m listening to whatsoever.

[@Krausam]

In germany we fill sausage also in the bladder. So not only the scots. Can be blood sausage, liver sausage or head cheese/brawn are common types.

[@mihaiemilian5330]

What happened to the Adam Ragusea Podcast? It pulled me out of depression 2 years ago :/

[@OldManJenkins69]

I think he said it was too much work, which is shame because I liked it too

[@elihughes1801]

His Isreal vs Palestine = knife sharpness preference was a very low point…

[@rayquaza5001]

@@elihughes1801 What did he say?

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

@@elihughes1801 What did he say? I must've missed that one

[@elihughes1801]

@@mihaiemilian5330 he said something along the lines of ‘some say free Palestine, others say protect Israel. Some people prefer a less sharp knife, others prefer it razor sharp. Neither person is wrong.’ Something like that. It was a very poor take. It was one of his final podcast episodes.

[@DrWeird]

Ragusea already likes our Pizza, why not come enjoy our football as well! Come join us Adam, the long suffering Detroit Lions fans who finally have something to cheer for, although I am still apprehensive to dive in head first again after 40+ years of SOL football.

[@TheAdamk12]

This is a pretty good video

[@Skavengeful]

I thought this was gonna be a video about a midwest emo band and I wasn't sure how to feel about that. This is probably a better call. Thanks, Adam.

[@BhbtheRock]

I am all about rebranding Cycling as the manliness form of transit, let's go!

[@stevodakine1]

It's funny how they looked at those football players and realized how big they really are. I played Pop Warner in High School, College, and Semi-Pro, being a running back, the only position where height didn't matter. I remember getting to college and standing and meeting my teammates. It was a whole other level of big; the tackles were 6'7" up to 6'9", and the other O line was not much shorter. I felt like a midget. Then, when we started hitting, it was no joke; however, it did make me step up my game, and I just became another one of the guys. You just got used to it, but at the same time, it made you desensitized to meeting big guys. Remember, this was the 80s and 90s; the game was played differently. There were concussions at every game, and every practice, and the degree of concussions is debatable.

[@agaragar21]

And what happened to those guys in the 90's.....arent they all dead from dementia ?

[@MarianaGarcia-lj7lc]

Great show! Tho I gotta say I don’t think it’s true that jocks picked up enlightened social attitudes from nerds. At least in my experience some of the most toxic reactionary social attitudes are sound in stereotypically “nerdy” subcultures. Could be a generational thing tho

[@arwon2227]

It's definitely in the top seven types of modern elite spectator football

[@yobgow]

The average NFL contest has roughly 18 minutes of actual gameplay out of 3 hours. Its shit.

[@abyssaljam441]

Wholesome sound very similar to a very old unmade podcast idea and episode. I'm sure Brady and Tim would be very proud their idea is being used even if it was "invented" completely separately...

[@drzonlyjonas323]

Podcast Adam is back!?

[@BenHazel007]

Always weird to see and Adam and a Ben together since those are my brother and I's names

[@smiegt8320]

The band is also pretty cool

[@Rdasboss]

The greatest wholesome podcast?

[@michaelfujii2765]

How does the one non-Adam person sound so much like Adam Carolla?

[@phillipb7540]

Adam has to watch Tavon Austin and Luke Kuechly highlights

[@droopymccool2383]

Are you worried your new podcast partners will abandoned you for making a comment that the internet took the wrong way without even trying to understand the situation?

[@zacharybarkey5711]

Wait, your nickname is GOOSE?!?!?!!

[@TheKingOfApples100]

it's funny how pictured it looks like adam isn't white next to the other two while making a i'm white joke.

[@rubthedude]

Wait the piano, it's from the new song

[@jinxed7915]

It's absolutely wild that an episode called "The case for American football" doesn't actually make a case for football or address any reasons you would *need* to make a case for football, but instead just ignores the giant concussed elephant in the room and has three individuals talk about football for the better part of an hour. This is the worst clickbait possible, not the kind that takes an open question or a statement that is mildly true and overplays it, but the kind that outright lies about offering anything interesting or related to the implied topic at hand.

[@LonkinPork]

I guess the music podcast I was hoping this would be was, uh..... _Never Meant_

[@cowsaysmoo51]

US president Benjamin Harrison?

[@OwlHour]

How the hell did this get by me

[@Ben111000111]

The lack of release in Soccer is often cited as a cause for the culture of rioting

[@michaelbirch5270]

wow... that is not even close to being true. If boredom while watching a sport was used as an excuse to be violent, baseball and gridiron alone could explain America's gun violence.

[@Nudhul]

​@@michaelbirch5270its actually a subsection of the population known for being swarthy and impulsive.

[@samk522]

*Playing* football is fun, sure. *Watching* football, or most any sport really, is torture.

[@agaragar21]

Yeah...had a buddy commit suicide after head injury.....your resilience evaporates when you get a head impact....as Homo Sapiens we just aren't evolved to recover from head impacts.......we are made to live on firm ground ....NOT CONCRETE ......FORGET ABOUT FOOTBALL!......protect the HEAD !at all costs and avoid Air Pollution Unless you hate your son !

[@geoffwhite3385]

Rugby is probably a better choice. Less stopping & starting, still extremely physical, great for fitness & with a moderately lower risk of serious life-changing injury. There's a reason only one country bothers to play American football.

[@ryoungatlmidotnet]

CTE happens in Rugby and Soccer as well. I was trying to convince my wife to let my son play rugby. Then I did the research.

[@faiz_tidak_bisa_terbang1470]

​@@ryoungatlmidotnetI mean a lot of people play (what you call) soccer, so I think that it's inevitable that some people will develop cte and the like. I can't imagine it being common though, since there isn't a lot of physical contact in soccer, like something as simple as pulling another player's shirt is considered a foul

[@ryoungatlmidotnet]

@@faiz_tidak_bisa_terbang1470 Heading the ball is not good for your brain. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403989/ The research is still sparse, but CTE DOES happen in Soccer/Association Football.

[@benjamin3044]

As a former college ball player (Not D1) - my kids will not be playing American Football.

[@genericplant3985]

1:54 I frustratedly said "I eat the bladder" out loud, before Adam R even had a chance to make fun of me.

[@michaelbirch5270]

American college football (i.e. "gridiron" here in Australia) is the closest thing to world football (i.e. "soccer") that I can see in terms of fanaticism... minus the violence, tifos, creative insults/songs and links to far-right groups... well... that last one is a little debatable, depending on the school. 😆😂🤣

[@davidd.w.8681]

5:07 long live the empire

[@handeggchan1057]

I played in college at the FBS level and it is my favorite sport. There are absolutely issues with head injuries (that can be mitigated and have been over the years), but it's an issue inherent to any contact sport. Really, the best thing that can be done is to empower players at every level to have input on rules for player safety (like a union would do). The NFLPA does this and college is starting to do it, but at the HS level i think it could be done as well. Would also help people get more educated about workplace democracy and unions in general and all the good they can do, which is cool.

[@mars7304]

While I never played (hoping to get into rec leagues just to get that chance) it's been a lifelong hyperfixation and I'm glad to see someone else focusing on player empowerment. People seem to either back the NFL to protect their hobby or trash everything involved with football because of one issue. Leaves the entire space vulnerable to frauds and charlatans.

[@handeggchan1057]

@mars7304 yep. Like any job with manual labor there are major risks, but orgs like OSHA and unions (even in their current neutered form) have done a lot to mitigate the risks. Same can happen in football if we simply abandon this outmoded idea that player safety is "soft" or whatever

[@mars7304]

​@@handeggchan1057 I think football communities as a whole are starting to move past the idea that player safety is "soft", it just took year after year of their favorite teams sucking because of constant ACL tears, torn Achilles, and other injuries nobody even talks about because of the CTE elephant in the room.

[@EliJahTebbens]

Okay. good for you Adam.

[@theonuss6607]

I prefer hockey

[@potroast1794]

Adam Bin Adam, aka Adam Jr.

[@levi-homer]

yes adam

[@uniworkhorse]

Why I "just forget" and instead was "never meant" to be with her