The latest NFL controversy over helmets and protecting players depresses me. It’s just a game, not a field for toxic masculinity

It isn’t even the stuff conspiracy whacko Alex Jones says they’re putting in the water to create gay frogs. No, I’ll tell you what’s going to bring down the Stars & Stripes: the NFL’s new helmet rule. To judge by some of what has been written, tweeted and broadcast, the reaction is symptomatic of an