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[quote=Anonymous]It is a shame that so much of the discussion here is based on anecdote. Data suggest concussion rates are not equal between sports. The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2012 published rates of concussion among high school athletes in 20 sports. Football is by far the highest (6.4 concussions/10,000 athlete exposures (a game or practice)). This was followed by boys ice hockey-5.4, boys lax 4.0, girls lax 3.5, girls soccer 3.4, wrestling 2.2, girls basketball 2.1, boys soccer 1.9. Very low incidence sports were track, swimming at ~0.2.

So it is not true that all sports are the same. Football has nearly 3x higher incidence compared to boys soccer. The risk is not shown to be decreased by equipment, training in tackling technique or athlete size. Recall that Dave Duerson and Junior Seau were pretty big guys too.

Lastly, part of the reason that some of the boys are so set on playing football is based on modeling. If the parents watch NFL and act like football players are the pinnacle of American athletics, then of course the kids are going to want to play. [/quote]

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