The dour “injury version” of Fox’s epic theme song is the perfect metaphor for consuming, producing, and broadcasting professional football, writes Corbin Smith.
, it’s like most of them, if a little extra. A rhythm track anchored by a big, booming drum, a hard-charging snare, a hi-hat playing eighths, cymbals beat to the edge of their lives, and a chugging rock guitar line. A relatively muted piano, trumpets, the aforementioned guitar, and some sparing strings play a subtle, structural melodic part. But the boss, the reason we’re all here, is that classic BAH BAH BAH/BAH BAH BAH/BAH BAH BAH/BAH BAAAAAAAH, played by roughly 3,000 trumpets.
Unfortunately, sports are not all about victory and defeat. Sometimes, sports are about tragedy. For this, the NFL on Fox theme has a contingency. The trumpets, the sound of football’s rising tide, sit in their cases. Their part is now played by a mournful,piano: an acknowledgement that football can also be sad. But it is still football, and it must be acknowledged that it is football, which is why you are still hearing the NFL on Fox theme song, but just a little sadder now.
Then, because I am watching an on-field football injury, I am swamped with ambivalence and dread. However, as thefollowing Damar Hamlin’s recent injury, I don’t actually think about the kinds of injuries I am usually seeing. Because, look: it’s a bummer when someone breaks their leg on a football field, tears their ACL while playing a sport, or experiences the dread of thefeeling that accompanies an Achilles tendon tear.
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