Is Playing HS Football worth the Risks?

[Anonymous]

They should just stop HS football, it's a waste of money and skulls.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't, and neither would my husband, who is a football fanatic and played hs football growing up in Texas.

There is fast growing body of research documenting danger of football. What's most disturbing is the evolving understanding of how bad the effects are of routine repetitive hits and at lower levels of the game. The damage is not just to NFL or college players who get a concussion but to high school players doing routine tackling drills and game plays.