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1 posted on 01/13/2015 4:17:00 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Interesting


2 posted on 01/13/2015 4:19:04 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13)
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Nothing like a good football program headed by a great coach.

The discipline my youngest son learned was incredible.

3 posted on 01/13/2015 4:24:48 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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Studies would almost certainly also show that participation in high school football turns out young men with a higher degree of motivation, character, responsibility, leadership, and preparation for the challenges of life.

Everything has its risks. Life demands we calculate those risks. IMO, the potential benefit is worth it for many, but maybe not all. Each has to weigh those risks.

It is certainly not another area for more unconstitutional government meddling. It is a matter of the freedom for the individual to choose.


4 posted on 01/13/2015 4:26:48 PM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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Football is fun.....it is also character building. I wonder if that is part of the Libs mantra ‘football is too dangerous’. Unnecessary roughness isn’t good, but that should be penalized by the officials. Hopefully.


5 posted on 01/13/2015 4:28:17 PM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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“Reading of Charlotte Observer Continues Despite Stupidity Risk”


6 posted on 01/13/2015 4:33:32 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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but his parents preferred that he play basketball.

So that horrific injury that the Louisville player suffered 2 years ago means nothing?

7 posted on 01/13/2015 4:36:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO PACK GO! GO PACK GO!)
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"Participation in high school football increases despite concussion risk"

Concussion risk vs. common core?
10 posted on 01/13/2015 4:39:23 PM PST by clearcarbon
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I attended a VERY small high school, with the consequence that I got to play varsity football, where I wouldn’t have even made the JV squad at any other school. At 5’9” and 104 pounds, I took some monster hits, and got my bell rung so hard once that I thought my head was coming loose. For all that, though, I survived.


12 posted on 01/13/2015 4:46:08 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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So when are the ninnys going to go after soccer?
Use of the head is allowed and no helmets!
17 posted on 01/13/2015 5:03:44 PM PST by AU72
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High school sports is second only to basic training in earned self esteem. Besides, high school football is fun, more so I’d guess in a small school like I attended. Life is dangerous, you can’t just hide under a rock.


19 posted on 01/13/2015 5:29:06 PM PST by JimSEA
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I think Connecticut has only a few high schools that doesn’t have football team. There’s a growth in CT for hs football since UConn went D1A (FBS).


21 posted on 01/13/2015 7:55:24 PM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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