Quote of the Day (George F. Will, on Football, ‘A Waning American Romance’)

“Autumn, which is bearing down upon us like a menacing linebacker, is, as John Keats said, a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Actually, Keats, a romantic, did not mention that last part. He died before the birth of the subject of a waning American romance, football. This sport will never die, but it will never again be, as it was until recently, the subject of uncomplicated national enthusiasm.”— George F. Will, “Football’s Enjoyment is on a Fade Pattern,” The Washington Post, Sept. 1, 2017