Amid growing concern of its dangers, football’s enrollment has declined 6.6 percent in the past decade. Those who still play are increasingly low-income students, because it’s seen as a ticket to a better education.https://t.co/QChe2iTdCA pic.twitter.com/QvyeKqpBYK

— NPR (@NPR) February 4, 2019

“…America’s dual commitments to football and racial oppression have meant that the danger of the sport will increasingly fall on the shoulders of low income black and brown kids,” [Albert Samaha, a BuzzFeed News investigative reporter] said.

Meanwhile, he says, the money from the sport is mainly going to white coaches and white owners.

Samaha likened the disparity between the people who participate in football and the people who benefit to a “gladiatorial dichotomy.”