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re: Legal age for Football?
Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:43 pm to hunkered down dawg
Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:43 pm to hunkered down dawg
I actually got a grade 4 AC joint separation due to a freak injury in rugby and had to have surgery I'll play again next year though since i just started working out again, i still advocate rugby for its safety over football anyday
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Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:49 pm to skirpnasty
Kids don't really start hitting hard until Midget league, mite league they just run around and fall down.
The statue of liberty and the reverse always work in mite league.
The statue of liberty and the reverse always work in mite league.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:52 pm to skirpnasty
My son has played tackle since he was 5. He's always played within his age/weight range, and it has been very safe. I think parents should become more informed before jumping off the deep end.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:54 pm to DuncanIdaho
Didn't they do a study that said Women's soccer produced more concussions than football?
Posted on 12/8/15 at 6:56 pm to thefloydian
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Professional/college football won't exist in 40 years.
thats a fricking joke
10 billion dollar industries don't disappear.
Also i would be fine with kids playing 7 on 7 till high school.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 7:04 pm to skirpnasty
Tech and medical advances will keep up with rising concern for safety i think
Posted on 12/8/15 at 7:18 pm to skirpnasty
DON'T frickING PLAY IF YOUR WORRIED ABOUT HEAD INJURIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every kid that plays football has probably watched enough football to realize that it's a dangerous game.
Every kid that plays football has probably watched enough football to realize that it's a dangerous game.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 7:24 pm to Snout Spout
I've heard something of that nature before as well
Posted on 12/8/15 at 7:39 pm to thefloydian
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Professional/college football won't exist in 40 years.
It will, we just probably would not recognize it.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 8:48 pm to higgs_boson
To those suggesting soccer as an alternative, the same concerns are being considered in the soccer world. The United States Soccer Federation outlawed heading for children 10 and under, and limited it for 11-13 year olds recently.
Sports are played with knowledge of the risk of injury. If you don't want to be injured don't play. If you don't want your kid to be injured, don't let them play.
Sports are played with knowledge of the risk of injury. If you don't want to be injured don't play. If you don't want your kid to be injured, don't let them play.
Posted on 12/8/15 at 9:28 pm to JoeSmooth
Yeah, I don't ever see it going away. But you may end up seeing a completely different demographic playing it one day. Majority poor, urban or rural, as suburban parents with money steer their kids in other sports. The irony is that sports like lacrosse, hockey, wrestling and soccer lend themselves to head injuries as well. Someone's got a hard on for football, and I think you can guess who is the antagonist. Lawyers, of course. The country has been going to shite for over forty years because of lawyers. Whether it's for a left wing or right wing cause. And one of the unintended consequences of politicizing sports at the HS, college and professional level was litigation over everything imaginable. If they want to throw the baby out with the bath water that's their right. But there will never be enough litigation to suppress society's craving for physical sports, a blood lust, a gladiator-type sport.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:07 am to Taurus 357
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Lawyers
Perhaps in the spirit of the ancient Romans we throw lawyers to the lions in a sports arena. I'd pay mucho dinero to watch that.
My reaction to the lawyers in the arena......
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:30 am to DaveyDownerDawg
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I'm like when you sign up to play football you are told day one the risks, and you sign the paperwork and accept the risks. Heck inside the helmet at least back when I played they had a sticker that said "Football may kill and/or maim you, so don't be a Darwin Award Winner and spear someone with this helmet unless you want to drink Campbell's Soup through a straw for the rest of your life."
^fricking this
I can't even begin to remember all the times I heard a coach say, "This isn't a contact sport, it's a violent collision sport". If proper tackling is taught this issue starts to go away.
Does Rugby seem to have this issue? Nope.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:31 am to Taurus 357
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Lawyers, of course. The country has been going to shite for over forty years because of lawyers
Well frick you
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:34 am to skirpnasty
Can subject yourself to a concussion at any age.
Must be 21 to have a glass of wine with dinner.
Must be 21 to have a glass of wine with dinner.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:46 am to dbeck
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Can subject yourself to a concussion at any age. Must be 21 to have a glass of wine with dinner.
This is the way I look at it. God forbid you have a drink of grape juice. But a little irreversible brain damage is good for kids, builds character.
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