Its not my kid but if lebrons kid wants to play football and he wont let him, then thats bad parenting. Let the kid try it, if he dont like it then fine.

 

In all Fairness I don't recall Ref saying that. He mentioned that the kids would possibly end up like Magic's flamboyant son.

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Now I dont know if the kid wants to play or not, but if he does and Lebron wont let him, yes thats bad parenting. IMO a parent shoud let a kid play sports or a sport if they want to try it. Football isnt like shark diving with a bloody fish around your neck.

 

Would I be a bad parent for not letting my kid play football.

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I guess the magic's flamboyant purse carrying son thing over shadowed that and I missed it lol

Football isnt like shark diving with a bloody fish around your neck.

 

He does have a point

Now I dont know if the kid wants to play or not, but if he does and Lebron wont let him, yes thats bad parenting. IMO a parent shoud let a kid play sports or a sport if they want to try it. Football isnt like shark diving with a bloody fish around your neck.

 

Would I be a bad parent for not letting my kid play football.

Of course you wouldn't be a bad parent and to think otherwise about anyone is asinine. It's a freaking game, nothing more nothing less. If you decide it's not worth the risk of possible long term issue how does that make you a bad parent?

My stepson decided after playing Grades 1-6 that he didnt want to play any longer. He is a pretty good athlete and was a very talented football player. It was kind of disappointing to his mom and myself but we both agree it is probably for the best. He is strictly basketball now and even though there is a chance of being hurt (ankle, knee, concussion, etc) the chances are not as great as in football. The sad thing is there are parents who make their kids feel like GARBAGE if they dont play football. You see it every season, a kid who has no business out there and doesnt want to be out there and gets blown up or screws up plays. All you have to do is look at his parents and how they act during the games and it all makes sense.

^ Some kids may just want to relax and don't want to play (at this time) other sports, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they are doing something. And who knows, in a year or so they may decided they miss playing that sport they have up and their buddies and deicide to play it again.

 

As far as kids being pushed into it, there are some kids who do need to play sports, and gain confidence. Each kid is different, but this is where parents need to really think what is best for the kid. While coaching spring and summer basketball (high school age) there were some kids on grade school age teams who had fathers that I just wanted to grab and put them against the wall, you could clearly tell that the kids were not having fun! They may have had fun if their fathers would have either sat down and shut up or if they were not even there at all. One kid made a simple mistake, no big deal, the coach didn't make a fuss out of it, but the garnet came down from the 3rd row to courtside yelling and cussing at his son, who you could tell was wishing he wasn't there.

So am I a bad parent for letting my son play football if he wants to?

 

Um no, but you said we are bad parents for not letting them.

Anybody see the SNL skit the other night on the concussion craze? Good stuff. Needed.

 

One thing about SNL....when they start making fun of a topic, it's ok to start relaxing a bit.

 

I'm sure I'll get crucified by this, but there is a fine line between making this game safer (which it should, we improve the safety of everything else in our lives) and it almost become faddish.

 

I'd like to know the correlation when concussions happen? Specifically...blow outs and/or those first 2-3 weeks of August when it's 95 in the shade and all of the gear/contact is picking up.

 

It's a big pink elephant, and one that I know none of us will ever question, b/c I simply isn't worth it....but, if you can fake a headache/stomach ache then why can't you fake a concussion? (obviously, I'm not talking about the TKO'ed, lights out versions).

 

Also...I'd love to know the correlations between those with concussions and other injuries? Are they the same kids for the most part? How about during a game....the number of concussions in a close game compared to those that happen during blow outs? How about the correlation between the number of concussions and the season (high number/low wins...low number/high wins)? Maybe even the time of year...concussions in the month of August during practice and those that happen in October (not that 95 in the shade and 65 degrees has effects on kids attitudes at practice)?

 

If kids (yes, even ours and all of us at points in our lives) can fake stomach bugs, head aches, etc (the basic symptoms anyway) to play hooky, what says they can't in regards to concussions? (read the basic symptoms, similar to those that came with the above ailments).

 

Just my thoughts.

 

Blast away.

^^^Guys. My apoldies on repeaging myself a couple times. I had accidentally deleted part of the post, nonot realizing that some of my points were already made.

I will never question any parent who chooses not to allow their kids to play football. It is a very violent sport and although their is a greater chance to walk away from the game healthy without any major injury than not, I would never fault any parent from not allowing their kids to play. It is a sport that once the kids are old enough to make up their mind on their own whether or not they play, it is something that as the kids are younger that the parents really do need to step in and think hard on whether they will allow them to play or not.

 

Unfortunately there are times where injury isn't even a concern for some parents and they teach their kids the same attitude that football is a sport to go out and hit someone as hard as you can even if it will cause injury. Some actually go out trying to hurt others which is another reason parents should think twice about allowing their kids to play the sport. Not just because little Johnny may twist his ankle or hit his head on the ground and get a concussion but to know there are some kids out there that could care less if they hurt someone or not and go out of their way for cheap shots. I will give you an example of what occured this past weekend as an example of how some parents can be as callous as some of the players on the field and their kids can sometimes reflect the same type of attitude their parents display.

 

I will include a video to show you the plays I am talking about here.

 

This past Saturday was my sons last college game of the year. He is a Freshman and I have been very proud of him as he started every game and was 2nd on the team in receptions on the year. The team they were playing from the beginning of the game had been playing pretty dirty. At this point of the game the other team had already been flagged 4 times for unsportsmanlike conduct and personal fouls. Then this play occured. My son was running a route across the middle and the throw was too high and sailed over his and the defenders head un-catchable. The play was already over when a Linebacker for the other team lowered his head and shoulder and laid my son out with a obvious cheap and dirty shot which could have did a lot of damage. The player was immediately ejected and flagged for "Targeting". My son lay on the ground motionless for a good 20 secs before we saw him moving when the trainer was out there. While this was going on there was a man standing in the corner of the stands laughing out loud at my son laying on the field. Several parents started yelling at this guy but I wasn't going to stoop to that level as I was more concerned with my son than anything else. The guy wouldn't shut up and kept laughing so I got up and walked over to him and said these exact words "Could you do me a favor and show a little class? That is my son laying on the turf." He told me to shut up and get back to my seat, he said that was his boy that hit my son and he got him good. I felt sick in my stomach that there are actually barbarians like this that encourage such play in a game, it is just a game after all. So I turned back at him and simply said this "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it?" and I walked back to my seat and sat down among a small spattering of appluase from parents from both teams sittin gin the area and heard the conversation.

 

The good thing is my son was fine, he said he laid there because he needed to calm down, he remembered what his High School coach taught them about retaliation and he never wanted to see any of his players doing that and instead take the higher road and do your talking on the field instead of with your fists. So he laid there, pretty sore but thankfully no concussion etc. he said his hip hurt the most. So he was helped off the field and not more than a minute later, during the same drive came back onto the field and made the best catch of the game when he converted a 3rd and long to a 1st down on a finger tip grab falling out of bounds but keeping his toes in bounds. They went on that drive to score a TD and then another TD a minute later after recovering an onside kick. He inspired his teammates while the other guy sat on the bench thrown out of the game.

 

Here is the video of the hit, and also of the catch when he came back in the same series.

 

 

So because of the violent game I will never give any parent a hard time for not allowing their kids to play the sport. When you have people like that playing with no regard for their opponents or their opponents welfare, I question if I did the right thing sometimes allowing my son to play the game, so I will never question anyone elses decision on the matter.

Hellbird you certainly showed more composure than I would have. If that was my boy and that guy was carrying on like that I am sorry to say and it probably is wrong but we would have been scrapping.

 

What is manly about hitting a defenseless receiver. That Jackhole should be ashamed of himself.

Hellbird you certainly showed more composure than I would have. If that was my boy and that guy was carrying on like that I am sorry to say and it probably is wrong but we would have been scrapping.

 

What is manly about hitting a defenseless receiver. That Jackhole should be ashamed of himself.

 

I was in no mood to fight, I wasn't angry per say at the hit, I was worried beyond belief, I was more concerned so my mind wasn't in the frame of mind to go scrapping. All my thoughts were on Corey.

 

Well, I already stated how classless the entire team was and that instance you could see it was bred in the kid from the parent but also from the coaching staff. They pulled ahead in the 4th qtr and were up 13 points with 40 secs left in the game. My sons team was out of timeouts so all the other team had to do was kneel on the ball and let the clock run out. Instead they wanted to try and score again as they were on the 15 yard line. so with 40 secs left they ran 3 quick running plays trying to score and then on the 4th play they ran it in for another TD, but one of their own offensive linemen on that last play blew his knee out and was carted off the field. The coaches instead of kneeling on the ball and letting the clock run out they had to shove it in our face and try and score and what did it do? It cost a poor kid a major knee injury. We just called it Karma.

I was a parent of a football player. I can certainly understand why Mr. James wouldn't want his son to play football. And I can tell you from experience, there's nothing more frightening than when your son gets hit and doesn't get up. And I can tell you that things can happen to you when you play football that can totally change your life.

 

All that said, I never felt any trepidation about allowing him to play football. He started playing in 2nd grade and it was a passion for him. And a TON of great lessons and life-values were gained by him.

 

And...with all THAT said, before my son's last and worst football injury, the worst injuries he sustained were from baseball, and a BUNCH from general horseplay not related to any sport.

As long as my kid didn't want to play soccer he could play anything else he wanted .