Anonymous
09/09/2013 05:23
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No on football. Concerned about soccer, need more info.
My dh has been working on this issue. They are both bad. No to heading the soccer ball.
Oh come on, there's no way you can put football and soccer in the same basket. Football's intent to knock players down. Just one look at the equipment tells you that. My 12 year old has been playing soccer for 2 seasons a year since he was 5. That's a lot of games. Never had a concussion or been injured on the field, nor have I seen this with any of his teammates. Is there a chance of something happening, and do kids get hurt playing soccer? Yes, of course they do. But it is not even in the same ballpark as football.
Anonymous
09/09/2013 01:06
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Anonymous wrote:No on football. Concerned about soccer, need more info.
My dh has been working on this issue. They are both bad. No to heading the soccer ball.
Anonymous
09/09/2013 00:05
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
I have two boys and they have no interest in football. Fortunately. I don't want them to play it.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 23:49
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
We watched some of the opening NFL game, Ravens vs. Broncos. I noticed that when there was an injury, the broadcast quickly cut to upbeat pre-prepared segments. I also noticed there were slick PR spots on how head injury is supposedly being reduced in youth players. I think the NFL is running scared on this issue and is doing damage control, spin, and whatever else it can do to protect its profits and popularity.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 23:46
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Not a chance.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 23:43
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
No on football. Concerned about soccer, need more info.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 23:43
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Anonymous wrote:Driving is riskier for teens than football. Guess your kids will never drive either.
Yeah.... they'll just play football instead if driving? Great logic Einstein.
Anyway I won't let my son. Football is on it's way out in a few decades.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 23:40
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Driving is riskier for teens than football. Guess your kids will never drive either.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:39
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Sure, but he (and my daughter) prefer hockey and the seasons overlap.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:25
Subject: Re:Will you let your son(s) play football?
Nope, not letting him play football.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:21
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Football and hockey are definitely out. I will think about soccer, but given that it it second to football in concussions, and I have read at least one study that found that a significant percentage of college soccer players have abnormal brain MRIs, I may rule that out. He can go ahead and hate me.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:09
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
Anonymous wrote:If you prohibit football, are you also going to prohibit skateboarding?
Big difference. Yes, you may fall and sustain a TBI while doing many different activities, but the continual hitting in football to even below concussive levels has a horrible effect on one's brain.
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:06
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
If you prohibit football, are you also going to prohibit skateboarding?
Anonymous
09/08/2013 22:00
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
NO
Anonymous
09/08/2013 21:59
Subject: Will you let your son(s) play football?
No. DH is from Nebraska, a huge football fan who played football in high school, and even he now wouldn't let our kids play. I always thought it would be a huge source of disagreement between DH, his family and me, so the concussion studies of the past few years have been fortunately timed.