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Interesting Questions Raised by the College Football and NFL Playoffs

Interesting Questions Raised by the College Football and NFL Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) runs past Kansas City Chiefs linebackers Leo Chenal (54) and Nick Bolton (32) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game, on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Another season of America’s most popular spectator sport has ended. For most football fans, the season had two endings: The first was on Jan. 21 when Ohio State defeated Notre Dame to win the collegiate championship, and the second was, of course, Sunday’s triumph of the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.