Are Football and Dog Fighting Related?

This statement was pointed out and it is an interesting thought because of how they can be related. I think that they can be similar in some ways but for the most part they are not related that much. They are the same only in the fact that they are both very violent sports, which in drastic cases can lead to death in both. Dog fighting is different though because the dogs do not really have a choice whether they want to take part in what is going on, and are manipulated to by the owners to fight so that they can please them. Football is unlike that because they players do have their own choices and if they do not want to play or hit anymore they can quit. Sometimes players will continue to play through injury to not let down their teamates or the fans but players have been known to quit because of injury. For example Troy Aikman had to many concussions, and more recently Tre Newton retired from college football because of to many concussions. Both sports are very violent but cannot be compared in that the athletes are treated as gladiators who are fighting to the death to please the fans.