January 21, 201412 yr Clearly injury risk is present in every sport, however football (along with boxing and mma) is the only one that's actual purpose is to violently engage in repeated physical contact with others. I'll take my chances with all the other sports you mentioned. "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,"
January 21, 201412 yr I'm probably not gonna let my son play (In the event I'm lucky enough to have one) football as well. Right now your son is every good as Obama's.
January 21, 201412 yr Something being forgotten though is the fact that Football has the most protective equipment. That's also a big reason there are more violent and powerful hits in football. And also why there are so many concussions/brain trauma. There would be a lot less head-to-head hits or leading with the head if they didn't have helmets on. The helmet can protect the outside of you skull and face, but it can't stop your brain from moving on the force of impact.
January 21, 201412 yr Author Smoking, drinking, riding roller coasters can hurt your head too. But yet millions continue to do it. I'd much rather my kid hit his head on the grass with a helmet on than go up and fall on his head on a hard wood basketball court. There are risk in everything. One of the most dangerous yet safest sport is nascar, but look at dale sr.
January 21, 201412 yr Smoking, drinking, riding roller coasters can hurt your head too. But yet millions continue to do it. I'd much rather my kid hit his head on the grass with a helmet on than go up and fall on his head on a hard wood basketball court. There are risk in everything. One of the most dangerous yet safest sport is nascar, but look at dale sr. See post 34....The helmet does nothing to prevent the brain from rattling...
January 21, 201412 yr Author I know the helmet doesn't keep the brain from moving. No sport is a safe sport.
January 21, 201412 yr I know the helmet doesn't keep the brain from moving. No sport is a safe sport. Right, and football more than any other sport involves constant violent physical contact every single play. Hence why concussions are so prevalent. I'd rather my child be able to remember his childhood and function when he's in his 40s or 50s, than win a meaningless HS state football championship.
January 21, 201412 yr This is very old (2006) but I don't have time to dig deeper. I can't imagine it's gotten much better. Sports-Related Injuries Among High School Athletes --- United States, 2005--06 School Year An estimated 1,442,533 injuries occurred among U.S. high school student athletes participating in practices or competitions for the nine sports studied. The overall (i.e., practice and competition) injury rate in all sports combined was 2.44 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures (Table). Football had the highest injury rate (4.36 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures) followed by wrestling (2.50), boys' (2.43) and girls' (2.36) soccer, and girls' basketball (2.01). Boys' basketball, volleyball, baseball, and softball each had injury rates of less than 2.0 injuries per 1,000 athlete exposures. In each sport, the injury rate was higher in competition than practice settings. Although boys' soccer had slightly higher injury rates than girls' soccer, and girls' basketball had slightly higher injury rates than boys' basketball, no statistically significant differences (p>0.05) by sex were observed for soccer and basketball.
January 21, 201412 yr Author Right, and football more than any other sport involves constant violent physical contact every single play. Hence why concussions are so prevalent. I'd rather my child be able to remember his childhood and function when he's in his 40s or 50s, than win a meaningless HS state football championship. I know many many people in their 40s,50s,60s who remember their childhood very well and function very well and played football.
January 21, 201412 yr Right' date=' and football more than any other sport involves constant violent physical contact every single play. Hence why concussions are so prevalent. I'd rather my child be able to remember his childhood and function when he's in his 40s or 50s, than win a meaningless HS state football championship.[/quote'] Exaggerate much? No one I played HS football with has any physical disabilities from playing. None have issues remember in anything... It will be your child and obviously your choice. But i don't believe the physical injuries late in life from HS football are as prevalent as you make it seem.
January 22, 201412 yr Author Girls soccer just got more dangerous. Younger female soccer players continue to play with concussion symptoms | Fox News
January 23, 201412 yr Clearly injury risk is present in every sport, however football (along with boxing and mma) is the only one that's actual purpose is to violently engage in repeated physical contact with others. I'll take my chances with all the other sports you mentioned. You do realize soccer players get hit in the head more times a game than football players. when a soccer player heads a ball, that is getting hit in the head
January 23, 201412 yr You do realize soccer players get hit in the head more times a game than football players. when a soccer player heads a ball, that is getting hit in the head Studies disagree. Concussions are most common in football. Soccer is second.
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