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I just watched a movie about concussion in sports (not just football, it covered hockey and soccer as well) on Netflix, it is called "Head Games." I found it very interesting. They talked to kids playing HS sports who had already had multiple concussions, former pros with obvious cognitive issues, and parents who were struggling with whether their child's love of a sport or desire for a scholarship was worth potential issues 25 years down the road.
I do not believe in living in a bubble because something might happen. A long time ago, players did not wear protective gear. Some have been injured seriously, a vast majority have not.
Over the past 20 years, in my town, there has been exactly 1 injury considered serious from football and that was due to a defective piece of safety equipment.
We still get into airplanes where if something happens, we're likely to not make it out alive.
If I had sons and they wanted to play, I would let them, using all safety year, but I would still let them.
I do not believe in living in a bubble because something might happen. A long time ago, players did not wear protective gear. Some have been injured seriously, a vast majority have not.
Over the past 20 years, in my town, there has been exactly 1 injury considered serious from football and that was due to a defective piece of safety equipment.
We still get into airplanes where if something happens, we're likely to not make it out alive.
If I had sons and they wanted to play, I would let them, using all safety year, but I would still let them.
It's not about injury, it's about the cumulative effect of sub-clinical injury. I highly recommend reading through the thread, as a person working in the medical field I imagine you'd find it interesting.
I do not believe in living in a bubble because something might happen. A long time ago, players did not wear protective gear. Some have been injured seriously, a vast majority have not.
Over the past 20 years, in my town, there has been exactly 1 injury considered serious from football and that was due to a defective piece of safety equipment.
We still get into airplanes where if something happens, we're likely to not make it out alive.
If I had sons and they wanted to play, I would let them, using all safety year, but I would still let them.
Yes, I think you will be in the minority!
Regarding the bold:
No one is recommending living in a bubble. Forgoing tackle football until age 14 (as the person who wrote the Time article proposed, and having stronger safety practices is hardly "living in a bubble". The vast majority of people in traffic accidents are not seriously injured, either. But some are. That's not good scientific reasoning.
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There are many programs that have not experienced significant injuries. I don't think my kids' HS program has had a bad one. However, that doesn't mean they don't happen! Also, statistics can be finagled so that a death can be attributed to "faulty equipment" when it was really due to a concussion. Here is a story about the football player for whom the Colorado concussion law was named for:
My five year old just finished his first year of flag football. He loved it and has already asked to play again next year. He will have two more years of flag before moving on to tackle, if he still wants to do it.
I've seen injuries in all sports...fractured skull from cheering, concussions from ice skating, etc...
Today's news will hopefully give pause to anybody considering football for their kids. This man is 44, and a quarterback, not even a position that takes constant head blows.
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