Protect the egg? Why not. Except the egg is a football, and this particular football is a playful and punishing presence. Keep the football alive – a football can die now? – and you’ll get a great reward of some kind. Let the football perish and you’ll have to forfeit more than you might be expecting. No wonder, really, that this singular opportunity for football ownership comes with a payment up-front. You’re paid in advance for the privilege and terror of looking after that football. And remember: the football itself is probably an egg. What to do?
