The Mistreatment of Bob Costas

There has been no better sportscaster in my lifetime than Bob Costas. His intelligent, erudite commentary always has been right on target.

He was recently scheduled to host the Super Bowl as the last event in his remarkable 40-year career with NBC.  However, NBC, to its eternal shame, pulled him off the broadcast at the last minute, due to his comments on the danger of concussions. At a journalism symposium in Maryland, he had said that 'The reality is that this game destroys people's brains".

What Costas said is certainly true, and not news to anyone. And yet, NBC decided this was more honesty than it could tolerate.  This just illustrates the unholy alliance between the TV industry and the NFL.  Rather than practicing real journalism, NBC chose to kowtow to the NFL.  Boos and hisses to this pathetic excuse for a TV network.