Norwegian here. Why do American "men" encourage their children to play such a barbaric sport that involves participants getting tackled, injured and suffering brain trauma? Is this really how Americans nurture their children?
Norwegian here. Why do American "men" encourage their children to play such a barbaric sport that involves participants getting tackled, injured and suffering brain trauma? Is this really how Americans nurture their children?
But the participation in youth tackle football has been dropping, but I suspect is leveling out. A big issue might be the adoption of tackle football by girls in a few places.
It's not, but it's nowhere near the level of taking constant hits in football.
But the risk of sustaining serious head, neck and brain injuries from hits to the head with soccer balls, using your head to hit soccer balls, is markedly different depending on your sex.
Female players in girls’ and women’s soccer suffer serious head, neck and brain injuries from contact with the ball at significantly higher rates than male players do in boys’ and men’s soccer. I believe the rate is 2.5-3 times higher.
If you compare the numbers of concussions in American boys' HS tackle football to the numbers of concussion in American girls' HS soccer each year, and factor them against the disparate numbers of students who play these two popular American HS sports, I think you'll find that American girls' HS soccer has a higher rate of serious head inury than American boys' HS tackle football.
Boys’ tackle football accounts for nearly 40% of total concussions incurred in American HS sports each year, whilst girls’ soccer accounts for 20%. But around 2.5 times more boys play HS tackle football than girls play HS soccer.
The most recent school year I can find stats for is 2018-2019. That year, a little over 1 million male students in the US played HS tackle football, and they suffered a total of 99,036 concussions in games against other teams and practice with their own teams.
The same year, a little under 384,000 female students in the US played HS girls’ soccer, and they suffered a total of 48,402 concussions in games against other teams and practice with their own teams.
what a long list of stats and you fail to mention that girls are socialised to report this kind of thing and boys heavily influenced to 'tough it out'. all of which makes your list pretty useless
American football is no more dangerous than ice hockey, and I know Norwegians play that. Even if they're not any good at it.
It was figured out years ago that a lot of the TBIs are rotational, which the big torque-friendly helmets contribute to. Like a knockout punch to the chin. Rules have changed to ban the sort of hits that do that.
Kids playing pickup football without pads or helmets can't hit that hard. Only at college level do they get heavy and fast enough to have dangerous momentum. Even then, most players aren't in the line of fire much. Linemen, RBs, receivers. QBs and kickers are well protected by rule, defensive backs pick and choose how they collide.
Norwegian here. Why do American "men" encourage their children to play such a barbaric sport that involves participants getting tackled, injured and suffering brain trauma? Is this really how Americans nurture their children?
American poors will trade the health of their children for the 0.1% chance that their son will make it to the NFL and be able to buy mamma a house and a fancy car.
I'm with you, my kid won't play tackle football. I'm a CIO and do all right but don't make more than a million a year even with bonus. I would not trade my salary for that of an NFL player. It is more money but I would not trade long term health for short term money.
Norwegian here. Why do American "men" encourage their children to play such a barbaric sport that involves participants getting tackled, injured and suffering brain trauma? Is this really how Americans nurture their children?
It is the greatest invention of capitalism. American football is one of better sports for entertainment as it mixes individual athleticism, team discipline, strategy and violence, so it can easily attract eyeballs. The commercial breaks are designed to maximize TV revenues, so TV networks will broadcast football games on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sundays, and talk about games on Tuesday and Wednesday. When a single sport receives so much media coverage, of course it will become a cool sport and a rewarding one although the inherent risks. Many rules, such as college football polls, are designed to create ambiguity and controversy. They also invented fantasy football to get more viewer engagement. It’s all about money at the end.
It's not, but it's nowhere near the level of taking constant hits in football.
But the risk of sustaining serious head, neck and brain injuries from hits to the head with soccer balls, using your head to hit soccer balls, is markedly different depending on your sex.
Female players in girls’ and women’s soccer suffer serious head, neck and brain injuries from contact with the ball at significantly higher rates than male players do in boys’ and men’s soccer. I believe the rate is 2.5-3 times higher.
If you compare the numbers of concussions in American boys' HS tackle football to the numbers of concussion in American girls' HS soccer each year, and factor them against the disparate numbers of students who play these two popular American HS sports, I think you'll find that American girls' HS soccer has a higher rate of serious head inury than American boys' HS tackle football.
Boys’ tackle football accounts for nearly 40% of total concussions incurred in American HS sports each year, whilst girls’ soccer accounts for 20%. But around 2.5 times more boys play HS tackle football than girls play HS soccer.
The most recent school year I can find stats for is 2018-2019. That year, a little over 1 million male students in the US played HS tackle football, and they suffered a total of 99,036 concussions in games against other teams and practice with their own teams.
The same year, a little under 384,000 female students in the US played HS girls’ soccer, and they suffered a total of 48,402 concussions in games against other teams and practice with their own teams.
Sure, that's one type of injury (though not all concussions are made equal).
I'm yet to see someone break their spine in a game of soccer though.
It's moronic and should be banned through highschool. The scientific evidence is CLEAR that it's incredibly detrimental to the brain. It's not so much about concussions per se, it's the repeated sub-concussive blows to the head.
"A Boston University study of former football players brains donated to the Brain Bank found degenerative brain disease, known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, which is associated with concussions and other head trauma, in 91 percent of the former college players’ brains.
“I think we’re only seeing the beginnings of this,” said Chris Nowinski, who leads the Concussion Legacy Foundation and is the author of “Head Games: The Global Concussion Crisis.” “I think it’s likely that there are more college football players suffering from CTE than there are former NFL players in terms of gross numbers.”
"CTE is similar to Alzheimer’s disease, and it has been found in more than 85 percent of tackle football players studied in the last decade, according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The disease has been found in people as young as 17, but symptoms generally don’t occur until years or decades later."
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Head trauma and concussion in football players have recently received considerable media attention. Postmortem evidence suggests that accrual of damage to the brain may occur with repeated blows to the head, even when the ind...
Anecdotally, I personally work with two good guys, both with memories like gold fish, to the point it's quite alarming to witness first hand. One is actively aware of it and is trying to take steps to minimize it (he's 33). (A neurologist has said his issues are in fact due to his time playing football).
They both played high school football and one played college. They both also have permanent neck and back injuries from it.
For me, football was fun to play. It can be dangerous but so can other sports. In my HS, there were just as many soccer players on crutches as football players. Fortunately my parents never let me play organized football. They said I was too small. So instead of playing a sport for only 4 years I ran cross country and found a sport for life. I didn't have a son so I never had to deal with the issue as a parent. My grandson was born with only one kidney so the doctor told my daughter "because he only has one kidney, don't let him play football, of course he also only has one brain."
I think fathers allow it because they enjoyed it and/or they want to re-live their youth through their sons.
I played us football in high school as an interior lineman. The hitting in high school is not generally hard enough to cause serious problems. It's not like in the pros. Kids aren't that big and strong.
I do remember teammates getting concussions during games and continuing to play.
Norwegian here. Why do American "men" encourage their children to play such a barbaric sport that involves participants getting tackled, injured and suffering brain trauma? Is this really how Americans nurture their children?
When it’s your whole identity growing up, you refuse to acknowledge that it can mess you or your kid up mentally for life. Hockey and MMA have similar problems here. And some people think it will make their kids millionaires, so a lot of poorer, less educated areas encourage it. The SEC is mostly lower income and lower education states and this is seen as a way out. For Big Ten it’s almost always “my parents did it, so I’m doing it”
Why is #99 ejected for "targeting" when he has just tackled the back, albeit driving him all the way to the ground (which is a penalty if it is a qb but not anyone else)? Miami #4 was the guy who was practically face-masking a lineman before pivoting to face-mask the back, which led to the helmet popping off on contact from #99. I'd eject #4 for sure.
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