Interesting Article - HS Football & Safety
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If there is any thing true about this article, then a lot of this sword rattling is for nothing...When the kids hit the field, they are going to put everything they have into winning and things will happen...Lets see what the response will be....
Bluedog- All three males in our family have had concussions, with the adult getting the doozy grade 2 (1min loss of consciousness.) Ironically, all in different sports: baseball, football x3 and rugby. Concussions are no casual matter. If you think choir, band or art is as violent as football, that is silly. Google Tony Dorsett (the most recent vocalization), Dwight Hicks role in the X's and O's play and/or CTE and the cause and effect are visible.
This post was edited on 2/11 8:54 PM by 1315
This post was edited on 2/11 8:54 PM by 1315
1315......I was a running back and a linebacker and I took my hits and some were bad, but I was lucky and got through it, some guys are not so lucky and they pay the price and its the nature of the game...No body wants a concussion, but they happen....There is no way of controlling once the ball is snapped, spearing, elbow smashes and even punches....Games can turn brutal if that is the way you have to do to win....I'm not defending brutal football, but it happens when the chips are down....
Dorsett and hicks were nfl guys as were everyone else with cte issues. The point is that there is no indication of long term effects for high school age kids. For those that add on 4 years of college and 5-10 years of nfl football, the long term effects are different because they play so much longer and for nfl players at such a completely different level of speed, size and intensity.
I don't think there is any question that playing nfl football puts you at huge risk of long term injury, brain or otherwise, but many other sports do as well. The people playing are aware of the risks but still choose to play. Doing what you love and getting huge sums of money for it is worth the risk for most people.
For high school kids there is no monetary reward, but the experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity and the long term risks, while greater than playing in the band, are low and comparable to other high school sports.
As an aside, have you looked at some of these aging rock stars? It appears that a long career in popular music has it's own set of long term health issues.
