Well, while you bring up relevant data points for the Greek system, then one that does not go away is a fatality a year, for the last 40 years–even big-time football does not have this scarlet asterisk assigned to their name. As for why football does not receive the same criticism as football–my generic thoughts are in no particular order: money, race and hierarchy.
Football, both college and the NFL near 20 billion in revenue annually—this is an awfully large dog to put back on the leash. Moreover, most every facet of society loves football, whether you live in a sleepy hollow in Arkansas or the UES of Manhattan, and it is the rare thing that also crosses the street on income, gender, class and race. The same cannot be said of the greek system for most of America…