Friday Night and My Love/Hate Relationship with American Football

Submitted by WhitesCreek on August 17, 2012 - 10:00am.

Although estimates vary, several studies suggest that up to 15 percent of football players suffer a mild traumatic brain injury during the season. (The odds are significantly worse for student athletes — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 2 million brain injuries are suffered by teenage players every year.)

And,

When compared with similar students without a history of concussions, athletes with two or more brain injuries demonstrate statistically significant lower grade-point averages.

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onetahiti's picture
No excuse to continue harming our students
Submitted by onetahiti on August 18, 2012 - 12:32pm.

It is irresponsible, even abusive, to continue to have students play American football. Don't today's students have enough trouble already? Shame, shame on all the adults involved.

-- OneTahiti

WhitesCreek's picture
Actually, I keep wondering
Submitted by WhitesCreek on August 18, 2012 - 1:50pm.

Actually, I keep wondering why they continue to use the hard shell helmet? That helmet design focuses on preventing skull fractures over concussions, and encourages the use of the head in tackles.

High school football has three times the concussions of the second most concussive sport, which turns out to be women's soccer. (I think that is a training issue for technique and the officials)

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