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Would/Will you let your Son play Football?
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:36 am
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:36 am
I've seen the question asked in some different formats but never here (SIAP). But, knowing everything that has come out in recent years about head trauma/depression/dementia & anticipating the further research that will be released moving forward, would/will you let your son go out for Football or would/will you steer him more to Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, etc?
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Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:38 am to Truculent Typist
My son will play rugby.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:38 am to Truculent Typist
If he wants to play football, so be it. I will try to sway basketball, baseball, and soccer much more. However he will get the serious talk around the jr high age.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:39 am to Sophandros
i'm going to push soccer and make sure he understands how much more open european women are, sexually
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:41 am to Truculent Typist
My son will have my genes, so he'll be borderline retarded anyways. As soon as he's old enough, I'll tell him, "Better go pro in some sport, HT713 Jr, or you're going to end up like your old man: a miserable old drunk who has nothing to fall back on besides his sexual prowess and his rugged handsomeness."
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:41 am to Truculent Typist
Absolutely yes.
shite happens. Sometimes it sucks, but bad things happen to good people. If my son, who is 3, wants to play when he gets older, I would have no problem with that.
shite happens. Sometimes it sucks, but bad things happen to good people. If my son, who is 3, wants to play when he gets older, I would have no problem with that.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:41 am to SlowFlowPro
My son won't be able to play football cause he has a shunt so that pretty much does away with that 
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:42 am to Truculent Typist
I thought football (at least until high school) was one of the safer sports.
In order of danger:
1. Baseball
2. Soccer
3. Football
4. Basketball
If anybody debates this list I doubt you played baseball from 5-21. I never really got hurt in a baseball GAME but at random practices I got konked in the heat by an aluminum bat at full speed playing pepper, hit across the face by several baseballs, etc. shite happens when there are 20-something idiot kids on the field at the same time.
I never played soccer but I would imagine you'd konk heads a ton and maybe get your ankle literally broken and shite if you're unlucky with a tackle.
Football I played from 5 through senior year of high school and I only took hits hard enough to cause injury in high school (was a TE). Still felt safer than baseball to me.
Basketball worst was rolled ankles which happened a ton.
In order of danger:
1. Baseball
2. Soccer
3. Football
4. Basketball
If anybody debates this list I doubt you played baseball from 5-21. I never really got hurt in a baseball GAME but at random practices I got konked in the heat by an aluminum bat at full speed playing pepper, hit across the face by several baseballs, etc. shite happens when there are 20-something idiot kids on the field at the same time.
I never played soccer but I would imagine you'd konk heads a ton and maybe get your ankle literally broken and shite if you're unlucky with a tackle.
Football I played from 5 through senior year of high school and I only took hits hard enough to cause injury in high school (was a TE). Still felt safer than baseball to me.
Basketball worst was rolled ankles which happened a ton.
This post was edited on 5/3/12 at 9:44 am
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:45 am to Truculent Typist
I want my son to be a cheerleader 
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:47 am to Truculent Typist
Don't push him towards any sports. Encourage all sports early on and let him pick which one(s) he wants to play.
I think it's a absolute travesty that so many people say you have to pick 1.
If you're good enough to make it to college or the pros you will make it. If you're not, you won't, so stop thinking the more of one game will take you to an elite level.
Hell, it's fun to play more than one and I think you need a break from some sports.
The days of seeing athletes all state in 3 sports are going away and that sucks.
I think it's a absolute travesty that so many people say you have to pick 1.
If you're good enough to make it to college or the pros you will make it. If you're not, you won't, so stop thinking the more of one game will take you to an elite level.
Hell, it's fun to play more than one and I think you need a break from some sports.
The days of seeing athletes all state in 3 sports are going away and that sucks.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:51 am to wegotdatwood
Unless serious improvements are made in regard to brain injuries, no I will not.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:52 am to Truculent Typist
Show me the data on people who played 3-4 years in HS. Even another 3-4 in college. This trauma they are studying, if I'm not mistaken, is for pro players who have played over 15 years total and took brutal shots at the pro level. Between the crime threads and this crap the OT is turning into a bridge game for a bunch of scared old ladies. Clutch your purses girls. Hold them tight.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:55 am to HeadCoach
quote:
Show me the data on people who played 3-4 years in HS
LINK
quote:
"The most important implication of the new findings is the suggestion that a concussion is not just the result of a single blow, but it's really the totality of blows that took place over the season," said Eric Nauman, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and an expert in central nervous system and musculoskeletal trauma. "The one hit that brought on the concussion is arguably the straw that broke the camel's back."
i.e. you don't have to have a concussion to have cognitive damage from playing football
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:57 am to HeadCoach
Actually one study suggest that irreversable damage starts occuring around the 6-year mark. Heard this on the radio. This was a study on football, hockey, boxing.
This post was edited on 5/3/12 at 10:00 am
Posted on 5/3/12 at 9:58 am to threeputt
quote:
I want my son to be a cheerleader
A few years ago I would have been like 'nah that's gay', but after signing my daughter up for competitive cheer leading and seeing the 4 boys on the older squad and how much 'time' they get to spend with those girls on trips and such, I won't discourage him one bit if that's what he wants.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:00 am to MinnesotaTiger
I agree, played 3 years of varsity soccer and 4 of both football and baseball. Never got hurt in football, besides small bruises. Got knocked unconscious in soccer with concussion, and kneed in the face which caused a huge gash above my eye. In baseball I got hit my baseballs a few times by dumbasses and gashed in the leg by some spikes tagging a guy out
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:00 am to Truculent Typist
I tell my son to remember that football can f- up a perfectly good baseball player. 
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:01 am to chief420
I know a dude who was a cheerleader in HS. Real nice guy. ended up coaching it while he got his degree from UH... now he's the head coach at some huge gym and makes like $120k/year coaching freaking gymnastics/cheerleading
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:04 am to Truculent Typist
I am not sure. The science is scary. Probably not.
Posted on 5/3/12 at 10:05 am to Truculent Typist
yes and I will set up a personal bounty system at home in the form of later curfew.
WHO DAT
WHO DAT
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