Posted on 10/12/2017 5:23:55 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
Better ban soccer too. At young ages soccer is even worse than football for per capita head injuries. I am sick of everyone leaping onto slippery slopes.
If I had known then what I know now I would never have let my son play high school football.
Better ban soccer too. At young ages soccer is even worse than football for per capita head injuries.
Source please. More knee injuries, maybe. Not head injuries.
Put ice hockey on your list as well.
If I had known then what I know now I would never have played high school football.
Two torn ACLs. My knees have never been the same and are getting worse.
Torn rotator cuff. I had difficulty playing catch with my son when he was old enough.
The best thing I ever did was to quit after my Junior year and join the drama club.
I got more dates there than I ever did as a football player. A better class of girls too.
Full contact football for kids younger than high school? Ridiculous.
As I returned to the bench the coach knew there was something wrong, probably by the funny way I was walking.
"You okay?" he said.
"Yeah," I answered. He gave me a doubtful look.
"Do you know your name?" he asked.
"Yeah." I paused.
"What is it?"
"December 4th, nineteen fifty-two."
But is it football or all contact sports? This is where people fail to use logic.
The NCAA just released a study about head injury and sports. The top worst four sports for head injuries were as follows:
1) Basketball
2) Soccer
3) Wrestling
4) Football
Lacrosse hasn’t been around long enough to measure statistics.
This witch hunt has to stop. The lessons learned from football are life lessons and very valuable to young boys becoming men. I’ve seen and experienced the difference repeatedly first hand.
There’s a chance for injury in every sport or activity. Skiing, trampolines, skate boarding, snow boarding, bike riding. What are kids supposed to do? Sit in a bubble?
You can’t live life that way.
I have also read that more head injuries occur in soccer. Most from heading the ball and missing.
Comparing the Two Sports Both sports carry a risk of injury, and it is impossible to quantify an individual player's overall risk of injury during a game of a season. In general, both sports take a relatively heavy toll on the knees and lower extremities. The risk of injury to the upper extremities is much higher in football than in soccer -- with the exception of the goalkeeper, soccer players do not use their hands and arms to handle the ball. However, concussion injuries are equally likely in soccer and football players. Football players are more likely to suffer injuries to the cervical spine, which can be catastrophic or life-threatening.
http://usatodayhss.com/2017/new-study-shows-that-girls-soccer-has-higher-per-capita-rate-of-concussions-than-any-other-sport
Here's a couple of good articles onte h debate.
Watching the young people running from the Vegas concert,I think all sports and exercise has been banned!
I’m not a sports fan and really don’t care, but when am concerned when parents care more about their kid getting headlines than his safety.
I know a guy who allowed his son to play three varsity sports. Football, Baseball and I think Basketball or track. (Don’t remember)
This kid started getting injuries and his coaches put him back in well before he was healed. His dad (Mom had died) couldn’t say no. It seemed that every few weeks, this kid was showing up a church in a cast, on crutches or even a wheelchair. (Broken Pelvis...twice)
We moved away and I imagine that now, in his early 20’s, this kid is starting to wake up very stiff and in pain, with the knowledge that it’s only going to get worse every day.
This is so frustrating. There is a huge sample size here. Millions of us have played youth football are in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s without brain injury.
These people act as if youth football is 20 years old. This is all about money and destroying masculinity.
Fortunately I was in the marching band. Much easier on the knees.
I played Football, Ice Hockey and Lacrosse from Elementary school through High School. I honestly believe that it is proper technique through Coaching and an individuals physical makeup that is the determinant factor. I have seen guys get “trucked” who were fine afterwards, and guys who were merely tackled/checked that had concussions.
These people act as if youth football is 20 years old. This is all about money and destroying masculinity.
Yup, I totally agree with you! Youth football has been around in my area since the 1960s. My sons played and I coached youth football and we taught the kids proper tackling and blocking techniques, such as not leading with your head, which is the biggest causes of head injuries.
Heading the ball and missing would NEVER cause a head injury.
Heading it incorrectly could, but not missing.
Interesting thanks. I heard what I wrote on the radio, but I guess this would take precedent.
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