Okay sorry I need to say something.
You see, 17776 doesn't begin with the space aspect. In fact, when you first load it, it looks like a normal article. Of course, it quickly goes away (and if you're fast enough, you can read the words "Something is terribly wrong" repeating) and you see a calendar (which would be considered the "actual" beginning).
But. The article, disappearing or not, is extremely important to understand the story. Because, before it goes into Something is terribly wrong, it's trying to talk about something real, something that is, in fact, terribly wrong.
Why is college football less popular? Because more people know about CTE. What's that, you ask?
"Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to repetitive head impacts such as those from American football." And it's not just a disease.
From this article: (recommended read)
"During impact, individual neurons can be stretched and damaged. Brain chemistry gets out of whack. Concussions make people “see stars,” become disoriented, lose consciousness, become sensitive to light and sound, get headaches, and have sluggish or confused thoughts for weeks and even months.
Heads and bodies get smashed and shuddered every week during the football season. And despite changing the rules to allow for more severe penalties and fines for flagrant helmet-to-helmet hits, the NFL has not succeeded so far in preventing concussions."
CTE is a dangerous disease. It's undiagnosable before death, but it's associated with serious consequences. And no matter how much more "safe" the NFL tries to play it off, the truth is that it is being discovered that's even more grave than previously thought. In these conditions, American football, and especially college football, is slowly being seen as a sport maybe no one should play. This, of course, is something the people in charge do not want to admit, lest they lose their money. So they hide the studies. They say that actually, new equipment makes it safe (it doesn't). And Jon Bois, a sports writer, knows this well.
And now read the image again.
In 17776, the people are immortal. They can't even get injured, because technology has advanced to the point they can heal instantly. And what do they do with this newfound power? With this invulnerability?
Well. They play American football.
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