Ethics and Superfat NFL Players

Art Caplan, rapidly becoming

the official bioethicist of sports, writes that:

A tearful memorial service was held Tuesday in Mountain View, Calif., for Thomas Herrion, 23, an offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers football team. The service drew more than 500 people, including the commissioner of the National Football League, Paul Tagliabue, and many other NFL officials and coaches. Their grief for the loss of this young athlete was sincere. But the NFL does not seem to have gotten one message it needs to learn from Herrion's death: Players in the NFL have gotten too fat.

posted Aug 26, 2005 | link | jump to the comments (2)

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I have been noticing that bioethicists are getting fatter, too

- by Sheila on Aug 28, 2005 at 8:28 AM | link

Could be, but I think that they just look that way because they are puffed up with self-importance and ordinary hot air.

- by Tom Frist, MD on Sep 19, 2005 at 10:47 PM | link

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