It is not just High School football players that sustain head injuries; studies of 7 to 8 year olds revealed the average kid recieved 107 significant head blows per season; to a young, immature, developing brain, this is very significant. Who know what this damage can result in, for a lifetime(we do not definitely know, but we have an idea, and it is not good).To a 7 year old brain, getting hit 100 times at a “G” force of 15 to 90 is much more injurious to the brain than if it were a 25 y.o. man. How many men age 20 to 90 are functioning on less IQ points because of football??…lots…..
As much as I love watching, and loved playing, football, what it does to these young men’s brains is similar to boxing, and we do not have boxing programs in grade and high schools. …More later…..
