Basketball is a great sport that works well with Lacrosse. An athlete that plays lacrosse will want to play other sports. All sports have a chance for injury but to try and sell me on youth Football being a safe sport is ignorant. As a parents you make the decisions to do whats best for your boy. If Football is what you think is best so be it.
I have 4 boys ages 11 through 19 and have coached them in baseball, football, lacrosse and basketball. Over the 13 years, I've coached over one hundred kids. And in that time, I've seen plenty of injuries. Concussions, acl's, broken legs and arms and noses and orbital bones. Most have come from baseball, 2 concussions, a torn acl and broken arm from lax, broken nose from basketball and only one broken finger from football. My point is that all sports come with inherent rust, but to paint football with such broad strokes of danger is insane. I have a ton of experience on the topic. More than most of you. Take it for what it's worth.
Thanks for your perspective but I'll actually stick with the research studies by experts which support the claims that football is dangerous and has long last effects on the brain.
So when you read about cte do you think it's all made up or do you just think it's worth the risk so you can "toughen up" your kid
I think that the risks of cte come in the latter stages of the game, i.e., professional football players who are going up against the biggest, strongest and fastest to ever play the game. All while practicing/playing 5-6 days a week for up to 6 months per year. Not when 80-100 pound boys are playing and practicing 2-3 days a week for 3 months. That's like comparing driving your car to work with a driver racing in Taledega. Apples and oranges. But you keep telling yourself that, Mom. You can't bubble wrap him his whole life.
