Why isn’t youth football a big sport around here?

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

Also this: " new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that girls who play high school soccer are at nearly the same risk for traumatic brain injuries as boys who play high school football"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2019/11/07/the-concussion-gender-gap-why-girls-suffer-more-head-injuries/?sh=5a2f4e026937

But meanwhile, DCUM has a whole forum dedicated to soccer.

The hate on youth tackle football is rooted in classism and racism, lets be honest. The posts on this thread prove it. People say they are "too educated" to let their kids play, and that the tackle football isn't really a thing in the DMV (go check out Saturday afternoons in PG county; youth football is doing great there), but they really mean that they don't want to associate with either poor white or black people.

And then they drive to their soccer tournaments where little Larla has virtually the same risk

How many of those girls ended up with CTE?

Who knows? How many youth football players will end up with CTE? We also don't know that, given the changes to helmets/safe tackling that have been implemented in the last 10 years.

The point isn't whether football is dangerous; it very clearly is. The point is that the smug parents that condemn football families but let their daughters play soccer should probably take a moment to reflect.

The difference in risk is not as great as they like to tell themselves

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People do seem to relish in bashing football while turning a blind eye to the risks of the sport their child plays.

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Anonymous wrote:Basketball lolz this dude is an idiot

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-sports-injuries#Sports%20Injuries%20By%20Number%20Of%20Injuries,%202021

This list is lame without break outs on severity.

Keep moving those goalposts, luv.

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Anonymous wrote:Basketball lolz this dude is an idiot

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-sports-injuries#Sports%20Injuries%20By%20Number%20Of%20Injuries,%202021

This list is lame without break outs on severity.

Keep moving those goalposts, luv.

enjoy your brain injury dear

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Anonymous wrote:Basketball lolz this dude is an idiot

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-sports-injuries#Sports%20Injuries%20By%20Number%20Of%20Injuries,%202021

This list is lame without break outs on severity.

Keep moving those goalposts, luv.

People care about brain injuries. If my kid sprains an ankle or breaks a wrist, that doesn't derail them. We have a family friends whose kid got two quick concussions and went from a straight A student loaded up on APs to almost failing out of school.

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Anonymous wrote:Basketball lolz this dude is an idiot

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-sports-injuries#Sports%20Injuries%20By%20Number%20Of%20Injuries,%202021

This list is lame without break outs on severity.

An earlier link shared information on that.

Basketball has the most trips to the ER for ankle & knee injuries. A trip to the hospital should qualify as 'severe'

but if you all you care about is head injuries, then an honest approach would be not permit your children to play any of the following sports:

- football
- hockey
- lacrosse
- girls soccer

And then the other secondary sports that others have mentioned like cheerleading and skateboarding, etc

The difference in risk across those sports is not great enough to permit one but prohibit another

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

THIS. So glad someone pointed it out.

Can you name any equally dangerous sport? Statistically, only other comparably dangerous sport is cheerleading and that is also almost dead in this area.

Lacrosse has the same rate of concussions. Hockey has 50% more.

Basketball has the most injuries overall. Far more than football.

injuries are one thing. a sprained ankle isn't as big a deal as a brain injury

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Anonymous wrote:Flag football is gaining momentum.

It's so dorky though.

This is DC. The dork capital of the world.

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

How many schools around here offer skateboarding, hockey and equestrian? Cheerleading and gymnastics aren't even remotely popular (nor are hockey and equestrian for that matter) in this area. I'd love to see what status you have for basketball being as dangerous as football. I'm still waiting to here what equally dangerous sports people around here are having their kids to

I was in high school here 30 years ago and all the popular girls were cheerleaders (and all the cheerleaders were popular girls). I know that's not your point but it's fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

Cheerleading, boxing & skateboarding aren’t really a thing around here.

Of course they are. Maybe not boxing, but cheerleading absolutely is. And most towns have skateboarding parks.

How many competitive cheerleading studios exist in NOVA?

At least a dozen or so? Twisters, Stingray, Cheer Extreme, ADC All Starz....

Where I’m from youth cheerleading teams cheer on youth football players. There, school & high school basketball & football teams have cheerleaders.

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

Cheerleading, boxing & skateboarding aren’t really a thing around here.

Of course they are. Maybe not boxing, but cheerleading absolutely is. And most towns have skateboarding parks.

How many competitive cheerleading studios exist in NOVA?

At least a dozen or so? Twisters, Stingray, Cheer Extreme, ADC All Starz....

Where I’m from youth cheerleading teams cheer on youth football players. There, school & high school basketball & football teams have cheerleaders.

*middle school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

How many schools around here offer skateboarding, hockey and equestrian? Cheerleading and gymnastics aren't even remotely popular (nor are hockey and equestrian for that matter) in this area. I'd love to see what status you have for basketball being as dangerous as football. I'm still waiting to here what equally dangerous sports people around here are having their kids to

I was in high school here 30 years ago and all the popular girls were cheerleaders (and all the cheerleaders were popular girls). I know that's not your point but it's fascinating.

Not anymore. The popular girls are playing now, not cheering for the boys

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Anonymous wrote:Flag football is gaining momentum.

It's so dorky though.

This is DC. The dork capital of the world.

So true.

and I usually don't say stuff like that about kid activities, but honesty flag football is cringe.

My DS (who also plays tackle ::GASP: did it for one spring and hated it. No blocking?!?! Super lame

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Flag football is gaining momentum.

It's so dorky though.

This is DC. The dork capital of the world.

So true.

and I usually don't say stuff like that about kid activities, but honesty flag football is cringe.

My DS (who also plays tackle ::GASP: did it for one spring and hated it. No blocking?!?! Super lame

Flag football and 7x7 (another way to reduce injuries) are both most popular in Texas and the south. They let the skill position players develop without fear of injury. Even kids who play tackle still pay flag in the offseason

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:People around here think football is for poor people. They cite CTE and concussions while driving their kids to equally dangerous sports.

like what?

Lots of sports are equally or more dangerous than football. Cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skateboarding, hockey, equestrian...

How many schools around here offer skateboarding, hockey and equestrian? Cheerleading and gymnastics aren't even remotely popular (nor are hockey and equestrian for that matter) in this area. I'd love to see what status you have for basketball being as dangerous as football. I'm still waiting to here what equally dangerous sports people around here are having their kids to

I was in high school here 30 years ago and all the popular girls were cheerleaders (and all the cheerleaders were popular girls). I know that's not your point but it's fascinating.

Not anymore. The popular girls are playing now, not cheering for the boys

Lol no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Flag football is gaining momentum.

It's so dorky though.

This is DC. The dork capital of the world.

So true.

and I usually don't say stuff like that about kid activities, but honesty flag football is cringe.

My DS (who also plays tackle ::GASP: did it for one spring and hated it. No blocking?!?! Super lame

I mean, you both are obviously stupid, which is also "cringe".