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Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid
All in all, let the kids play. Anything in life worth doing involves an element of risk.
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To a certain extent, I agree.
I played HS football in the Pleistocene Era when the helmets were really, really bad and a concussion was dealt with by using smelling salts and counting fingers.
Enormously stupid. I can remember two very specific concussive episodes in four years of HSF. Missed two plays each time. Probably explains a lot
Even though I am not a fan of tackle football before the age of 12 (I think most kids would be much better served playing organized flag football) there are ways to lessen the risk:
- Interview the coach(es).
- Are they trained in some of the newer techniques (Play Safe, etc...even though many think it is a crock, I don't)
- Insist on the best equipment available
- Does the league have emergency equipment, EMT's on site during games,
- etc.
Let'em play smart.