I only watch college football. I’ve watched them play with broken bones, something you never see in pro football.
True that. And there's a lot less woke in CFB. When Saban and Bama did a BLM march in 2020 (a national championship year), scores of life-long Bama fans made videos burning jerseys and tickets, vowing never to go to another game. There aren't words to describe how loud a statement that is in a state where college football's importance is a hair below God and family.
Saban and the players got the point. There were a couple of times after that when Saban said something like "black lives matter because all lives matter" (Saban saying he got the point) and I've yet to see a BLM message from them since.
The fans came back to the games and we've been good.
I think Gino Marchetti was the last one to play with a broken leg. 1956.