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The Retirement Of Andrew Luck

Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century
Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century
Episode • Sep 6, 2019 • 31m
The 2019 NFL season starts without one of the league's star players. Two weeks before the season was set to begin, Andrew Luck announced his retirement from the game after just seven seasons. The 29-year-old Indianapolis Colts quarterback's decision stunned the sport and fans. This episode sifts through the reaction - including booing from fans - to look at the physical and mental toll the sport takes on NFL players, before concluding with a beatifully thought-provoking response from Marcia to the question 'What is a fan owed?" (Music featured includes In Pursuit Of Silence by Daniel Birch)

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