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Because American football is a full-contact sport, head injuries are relatively common. According to the San Francisco Spine Institute at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California, up to 1.5 million young men participate in football annually, and there are an estimated 1.2 million football-related injuries per year. An estimated 51% of ...
Intentionally causing a helmet-to-helmet collision is a penalty in most football leagues, including many high school leagues. [1] Despite its long association with American football, this type of contact is now considered to be dangerous play by league authorities due to the potential of causing serious injury.
In association football, a team leading 2–0 at half-time only goes on to lose the game in about 2% of cases. [8] In ice hockey , statistics show that if a team builds a two-goal advantage, they go on to win the game in the majority of instances, and that a one-goal lead is far more dangerous. [ 9 ]
Despite the multiple times he was knocked unconscious, the titanium plate and the four screws in his neck and the many days he wakes up feeling like he’s been through a car crash, former NFL ...
League officials, beset by an endless stream of reports about concussions and player safety, were developing new strategies meant to combat the idea that football was dangerous for kids. They wanted to try out their pitch on some moms. So they contacted managers at two female-centric websites—iVillage and Babble.
Concussions are frequent in high school football. Football has the highest rate of concussion among high school sports, with about 11 concussions occurring per 10,000 athletic exposures. [110] About 50 high school or younger football players across the country were killed or sustained serious head injuries on the field since 1997. [111]
But beyond football and sport in general, a greater problem exists. The job of being a neutral and impartial person upholding rules is unglamorous, hated by almost all and yet incredibly necessary ...
But he was persistent in his request to play, so I finally had to have a real talk about why I didn't want him to; I thought tackle football was just too dangerous. I had to tell him the truth ...