Tag: NFL

Using lpSolve in R to Optimize Picks in a 2023 NFL Survivor Pool

What is a NFL Survivor Pool? In a survivor pool you pick one NFL team to win (no spreads) each week, and if your team wins you move on, if they lose or tie you are eliminated. The catch is you can only pick a team once. The last person/people standing at the end of the 18 week regular season will...

Why do black NFL player’s marry white women?

It is important to note that these findings should not be taken as definitive or conclusive, and that there are many other factors that can influence the marriage rates and patterns of NFL players, including age, position, and team location. Additionally, these findings do not necessarily reflect th...

NFL Adds Cherry on Top of Israel’s Brand of White Supremacy

Recently the NFL encouraged players to take a knee for Israel. This of course was extremely offensive and degrading to the African American players who were actively discouraged from kneeling because of police brutality, facing the repercussions meted out to Colin Kaepernick. But this is not the ...

How NFL Player David Holloway Avoided Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction with Alternative Pain Treatments

At almost 40, Holloway is in peak health, having avoided the devastation that often accompanies a career in professional football, where injuries almost invariably lead to chronic pain and for many opioid addiction. So many players have succumbed to opioid addiction that a class action law...