The Limits of Fairness Ethics and Gender Equity in Football

By Richard Robeson and Nancy M. P. King of Wake Forest University   In the 2014 PBS Frontline documentary “League of Denial,” an anonymous “NFL doctor” is quoted by neuropathologist Bennet Omalu as saying, “If ten percent of mothers refused to let their sons play football, the NFL would cease to exist.”[1] Among the many possible interpretations of such an apparently simple, straightforward statement is an acknowledgement of the importance of women to the future of football. Pro