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The Evil Genius of Fantasy Football


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Tom Brady, NFL

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during an NFL pre-season game in Philadelphia on Aug. 9, 2013. The central operation of fantasy football is to place the facts of the NFL within the rhetoric of a new kind of game with its own logic and rules.

Credit: Tim Shaffer/Reuters

Watching football means watching young men damage their brains.

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