Anonymous wrote:DCs have played Hs football, wrestling, lacrosse, basketball, track, cross country, baseball. Interestingly, basketball had us at the orthopedist the most with ankle injuries. I don’t love football but didn’t disallow it. If I had, I think they would have gotten over it since they had other sports to play. I’ve seen concussions in lacrosse and basketball as well as football.

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Anonymous wrote:Football is a great sport. Has positions for all body types and truly is a team game. The injuries can be difficult, but they are not as prevalent as most make them out to be. The coaching, training, and competition in football are typically superior to anything you will receive in other sports. Living in fear is no way to live. This is a good thing for high school age boys to learn.

Disagree and my boys played college ball. Its a high injury sport and I'm not even talking concussion. Its also a high cheat culture sport at the high school level and not the type of values you want your son learning. Its packed with men who have no business being around children, although there are also some coaches who are gems.

Anonymous wrote:Football is a great sport. Has positions for all body types and truly is a team game. The injuries can be difficult, but they are not as prevalent as most make them out to be. The coaching, training, and competition in football are typically superior to anything you will receive in other sports. Living in fear is no way to live. This is a good thing for high school age boys to learn.

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Anonymous wrote:Never should’ve agreed to flag football. It’s a gateway to tackle which is why the nfl is promoting it.

😭. You are right. I told him I would let him play as a compromise to not playing tackle. It's a recent thing. Any advice for me moving forward?

I’m not kidding when I say make him
Do an entire research paper, 5 pages, on the risk of concussion in football AND the effects that concussions (especially multiple) have on your physical and mental health in years to come. Show him how to find reliable sources (not ChatGPT)

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former player, former coach and current father of a high school football player. In my opinion football is the very best highschool experience that any student can have. This is for the simple reason that no other activity is so central to the life of the school community.

Friday nights football games are packed - with over 50% of the students attending. There is no other event like that - even graduation will only have a quarter of the student population.

No sport will have a student participation level as high as football. With 22 starting positions back ups and scout teams - the football program (freshman, JV and varsity) has well over 100 players. In my son’s school the program has 165 players and 15 student managers. In a school of 2400, over 10% of the male population is a football player.

Finally, no sport or activity will have the community cachet of football- people wanna know about football people wanna talk about football.

Let your son play - good luck.

Not everywhere in the DMV. Our football games are horribly attended by students (and barely attended at all). Maybe the suburban VA schools are different.

The WCAC local games are well attended but the games where they play national opponents kind of blow as not many fans from Ohio or Georgia make the trip.

Basketball is by far and away the sport that brings out the students and the community…but the DMV often has 5-6 teams ranked in the top 50 nationally in any given year.

I’m not that poster but the other who’s kid played youth but never got on the field in high school. He went to Madison in Vienna. He maybe played 5 minutes total his entire freshman year in games. HS games are packed. It’s a very popular sport.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former player, former coach and current father of a high school football player. In my opinion football is the very best highschool experience that any student can have. This is for the simple reason that no other activity is so central to the life of the school community.

Friday nights football games are packed - with over 50% of the students attending. There is no other event like that - even graduation will only have a quarter of the student population.

No sport will have a student participation level as high as football. With 22 starting positions back ups and scout teams - the football program (freshman, JV and varsity) has well over 100 players. In my son’s school the program has 165 players and 15 student managers. In a school of 2400, over 10% of the male population is a football player.

Finally, no sport or activity will have the community cachet of football- people wanna know about football people wanna talk about football.

Let your son play - good luck.

Not everywhere in the DMV. Our football games are horribly attended by students (and barely attended at all). Maybe the suburban VA schools are different.

The WCAC local games are well attended but the games where they play national opponents kind of blow as not many fans from Ohio or Georgia make the trip.

Basketball is by far and away the sport that brings out the students and the community…but the DMV often has 5-6 teams ranked in the top 50 nationally in any given year.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a former player, former coach and current father of a high school football player. In my opinion football is the very best highschool experience that any student can have. This is for the simple reason that no other activity is so central to the life of the school community.

Friday nights football games are packed - with over 50% of the students attending. There is no other event like that - even graduation will only have a quarter of the student population.

No sport will have a student participation level as high as football. With 22 starting positions back ups and scout teams - the football program (freshman, JV and varsity) has well over 100 players. In my son’s school the program has 165 players and 15 student managers. In a school of 2400, over 10% of the male population is a football player.

Finally, no sport or activity will have the community cachet of football- people wanna know about football people wanna talk about football.

Let your son play - good luck.