There are devoted fans of the game, it supposedly builds school spirit and offers a really fun distraction from more destructive teen behavior . . . Unfortunately, adults in charge of small time, local youth sports often don't have the skills and training to look after the best interests of their players . . . Here's one example out of many:
Center High School player suffers broken neck, said coaches asked him to suit up any way
Center High School player suffers broken neck, said coaches asked him to suit up any way
When will a libtard lawyer file a suit against a school district charging them for child abuse in the form of organized school sponsored football ? Line them up ACLU.
ReplyDeleteCoach, I can't feel my left arm and my right arm is tingling.
ReplyDeleteI need you in there son!
Rub some dirt on it.
ReplyDeleteHigh School football is way out of hand. Since there is no spring football in KC area players go through a conditioning program from January until May for 1.5 to 2 hours daily (10 hrs p/wk * 15 weeks = 150 hrs.). Next comes football camp in May (another 10 hrs). In the summer they are required to lift weights and condition (8-10 hrs p/wk * 8 weeks = 80 hrs.). When the season starts in August they practice daily for 2.5 hours a day for 3 months (10 hrs p/wk * 12 weeks = 120 hrs). All this work, approximately 360 hours per year to play 9 2 hour games. I guess if it keeps them off the street more power to you but seems like a lot of work for little payback.
ReplyDelete^^^ well, this is basically any sport these days.
ReplyDeleteBut, but they all say it teaches sportsmanship, and my dad (who wasn't worth a shit) says I cannot be a real man unless I give it up for the gipper. Should I run around in 100 degree weather, in full pads, for "coach"? The Marines may not take me if I don't play. Woe is me.
ReplyDeleteI played high school football in Missouri and college ball at the University of Arkansas from 1968-1972. If I could attach my xrays to this comment, I would just to show everyone the costs of playing a game that I dearly love but which has left my body badly damaged:
ReplyDelete(1) Four knee surgeries on my right knee and two on the left with a full right knee replacement three years ago.
(2) Three foot surgeries with my first and second toes on my right foot now fused.
(3) One back surgery that fused L5-S1 with another surgery scheduled for this October to fuse L1-L5.
(4) Three neck surgeries that have, in total, fused C3-T3.
Would I do it again? If it were 1965, Yes, because back then when you're 15-22 years old we all thought we were bullet proof and Teflon coated. I'm sure teenage boys today haven't changed one bit in that regard but the game has. It's faster and bigger and the chances of life altering injuries is even greater than when I played. I think I would just take up golf, which I can't play now because of my injuries.
Football, the gift that just keeps on giving
I think they should replace it with rugby or australian rules football. seems safer and just as exciting to me.
ReplyDeletecenter and central are two different high schools
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