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Participation in high school football increases despite concussion risk
Charlotte Observer ^
| Saturday, Jan. 03, 2015
| Tim Stevens
Posted on 01/13/2015 4:17:00 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:19:04 PM PST
by
StoneWall Brigade
(Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13)
To: MinorityRepublican
Nothing like a good football program headed by a great coach.
The discipline my youngest son learned was incredible.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:24:48 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: MinorityRepublican
Studies would almost certainly also show that participation in high school football turns out young men with a higher degree of motivation, character, responsibility, leadership, and preparation for the challenges of life.
Everything has its risks. Life demands we calculate those risks. IMO, the potential benefit is worth it for many, but maybe not all. Each has to weigh those risks.
It is certainly not another area for more unconstitutional government meddling. It is a matter of the freedom for the individual to choose.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:26:48 PM PST
by
PapaNew
(The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
To: MinorityRepublican
Football is fun.....it is also character building. I wonder if that is part of the Libs mantra ‘football is too dangerous’. Unnecessary roughness isn’t good, but that should be penalized by the officials. Hopefully.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:28:17 PM PST
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: MinorityRepublican
“Reading of Charlotte Observer Continues Despite Stupidity Risk”
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:33:32 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: MinorityRepublican
but his parents preferred that he play basketball. So that horrific injury that the Louisville player suffered 2 years ago means nothing?
To: Slyfox
Nothing like a good football program headed by a great coach.It made a 180 degree change in my sons attitude. He was starting to run with the wrong crowd until the football coach got ahold of him.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:37:31 PM PST
by
digger48
To: StoneWall Brigade
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:38:16 PM PST
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: MinorityRepublican
"Participation in high school football increases despite concussion risk"
Concussion risk vs. common core?
To: originalbuckeye
Unnecessary roughness isnt good, LOL, I watched the post game group grief therapy on C-Span last night and enjoyed it very much. The libs were in mourning and the mantra was that Ohio was unusually "physical" throughout the game. Yeah..............Go Bucks!
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:41:04 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: MinorityRepublican
I attended a VERY small high school, with the consequence that I got to play varsity football, where I wouldn’t have even made the JV squad at any other school. At 5’9” and 104 pounds, I took some monster hits, and got my bell rung so hard once that I thought my head was coming loose. For all that, though, I survived.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:46:08 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Sounds like myself. I made up for my lack of size and strength by my lack of speed and quickness. Third string center on a team that only had 17 players.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:53:17 PM PST
by
buckalfa
(Too many evenings spent at the North Heidelberg or VC back in 1968.)
To: digger48
I know. My son's coach told all the boys when they got home from practice, "First thing take a shower, then wash your football clothes cuz your mom doesn't need to do that, then do your homework. Boom, boom, boom."
My son had not said anything about college and I asked him if he wanted to play when he went to college and he turned to me and said, "Yes, I do."
He got into a 2D school as a preferred walk-on, but suffered a shoulder injury that knocked the want to play out of him. However, all of the good habits he learned saw him through a four-year degree.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:55:40 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: digger48
My favorite memories of all my kids schooling was going to watch them play their sports, and especially Friday night.
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:57:57 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: buckalfa
Tough stuff, but I can honestly that it was a privilege (and a benefit) for me just to have participated, and I’m sure you feel the same!
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posted on
01/13/2015 4:59:00 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: MinorityRepublican
So when are the ninnys going to go after soccer?
Use of the head is allowed and no helmets!
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:03:44 PM PST
by
AU72
To: Slyfox
And the jocks get all the girls - the most important thing when I was in high school. Of course, I ran with the nerds not the cheerleaders...
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:27:02 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: Loyalty Binds Me)
To: MinorityRepublican
High school sports is second only to basic training in earned self esteem. Besides, high school football is fun, more so I’d guess in a small school like I attended. Life is dangerous, you can’t just hide under a rock.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:29:06 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: digger48
It made a 180 degree change in my sons attitude. He was starting to run with the wrong crowd until the football coach got ahold of him.
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