Summary: Would I Let My Son Play Football

Would I Let My Son Play Football?

Do you worry about players in football? Are the violent sports in america too much for our youth? You would think twice on letting your son play football once you know the true consequences. Football is a high contact sport with a high risk injury rate. I wouldn't like my son to play football due to the consequences like brain damage, body injuries, and cause of death.

According to Joseph Stromberg from Vox a website that falls in the category of News and Politics and helps you understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. He states “Even subconcussive hits also lead to CTE, so even milder hits lead to CTE overtime. This clearly means that all those little hits eventually add up and have

an effect. You don't have to have multiple full concussions to eventually develop CTE. This is dangerous because according to scientificamerican.com Kids sustain 240 head hits in a season. There's a high chance of one of those hits being a concussion and all the other subconcussive hits lead to CTE. This shows how much dangerous football is and one reason why I wouldn't like my son to play football.
According to Scott Fujita's an ex NFL player article “16 year old high school player from Brocton, N.Y., died after a helmet to helmet hit in a game friday night.” This shows that teens are heavily affected by football and how dangerous football really is. You raise your children and let them play a sport thinking it's great and fun, not knowing the deep, dangerous truth and consequences of playing the sport. I would think twice of letting my son play a sport that can take their life at such a young age and have very dangerous and life threatening effects in the future.
According to NCAA, ligament strains are the most common injury reported. Accounting to more than 30 percent of all injuries, with the lateral ligaments of the ankle and medial collateral ligaments of the knee most commonly affected. This shows that concussions are not the only injury you can sustain in football. Tearing a muscle or breaking a bone is a life changing incident and effects your child for the rest of their life. As your child grows, they fall in love with the sport and it's only harder for them to leave the game. This leaves them with a longer time of playing the sport and increases their chances of developing CTE or a type of injury. There might be some pros but in reality there are way more cons than pros.
Although others say it improves muscle and bone strength, it can do the complete opposite like break a leg or tear a ligament. Playing football has lifelong effects and deadly consequences. Football is a high played sport with high risk injury rates and playing the sport is highly dangerous. There is basically no escape, some sort of damage on your brain will occur and that is why I would not let my son play football. I would love my son to be safe and have a long life and letting my son play football would not let that happen.