I can't imagine what football would be like if the players didn't have a union.
Oh, wait, that's called NCAA and high school football. Violently exploitative and permanently injurious for zero pay.
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You're not wrong, but these players you're talking about actually opposed the league's punishments for headhunting and bounties in the sport, which if you ask me, would seem to indicate that they're fully aware of the issues and simply don't care.
It'll be interesting in the coming years to see how many games the NFL hides behind a paywall, though. They may end up shooting themselves in the foot a little via enshittification.
When you get paid in fame/legacy the pool of people willing to work for cheap is endless. The problem is widespread