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Old 06-08-2017, 10:39 AM  
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Bo Jackson: "I wouldn't let my kids play football"
A few months ago, Bo said this:

“If I knew back then what I know now,’’ Jackson tells USA TODAY Sports, “I would have never played football. Never. I wish I had known about all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. And the people that did know that, they wouldn’t tell anybody.

“The game has gotten so violent, so rough. We’re so much more educated on this CTE stuff (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), there’s no way I would ever allow my kids to play football today.

“Even though I love the sport, I’d smack them in the mouth if they said they wanted to play football.

“I’d tell them, 'Play baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, just anything but football.’ ’’

On one hand, the game would've missed out on an incredible talent that was so fun to watch. On the other, he might've had a 10+ year career for our MLB team.
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Old 06-09-2017, 08:28 AM   #46
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If my son decides he wants to play football, he will have my support. I'm curious as to why there are so many in this thread saying they will not let their sons play football. The risk from playing peewee football up through high school is much less than playing college or NFL football.
I'm not saying it has not been somewhat sensationalized like almost any news story these days, and I certainly get that there is no such thing as eliminating risks in life, but there sure seem to be a significant amount of stories of high school kids dying or suffering serious head trauma related to football that you just don't see with the same frequency in other youth sports. If there is, and this is very possible by the time my kids are in high school, a major improvement in head equipment protection, I will reconsider.

Also, since I'm operating out of the way of thinking that neither of my kids would be good enough to play college or pro football(maybe I'm selling them short. The youngest is the best player on his soccer team and had 15 rebounds in his first youth basketball game! But, um, he's 5 lol)so I think the enjoyment and fun from playing football can come from flag. At almost 41 I still play flag every week and it's great fun, camaraderie, and a workout. Oh and it's as physical as you would want without a paycheck involved.
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Old 06-09-2017, 08:43 AM   #47
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If my son decides he wants to play football, he will have my support. I'm curious as to why there are so many in this thread saying they will not let their sons play football. The risk from playing peewee football up through high school is much less than playing college or NFL football.
I would let my kids play football, but they'd also know the risks.

If they said "no, I'm going to focus on academics and other sports that won't cause as much brain damage"

I wouldn't question their manhood or call them a pussy. Good for them.

Unlike some people around here, I actually don't think being smart or caring about your long term mental health makes you pillowbitergy.
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Old 06-09-2017, 08:53 AM   #48
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Peewee football is the stupidest thing ever. If you want to minimize your kid's athletic development, have him play peewee.
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Old 06-09-2017, 02:03 PM   #49
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As someone mentioned, who cares if your kid plays HS football? Nobody is getting CTE from that.
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Old 06-09-2017, 02:51 PM   #52
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but there sure seem to be a significant amount of stories of high school kids dying or suffering serious head trauma related to football that you just don't see with the same frequency in other youth sports.
You might want to check the facts on this. Football isn't in the top three for mortality rate of high school sports. If you count cheerleading as a sport, football wouldn't be in the top four.
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Old 06-09-2017, 10:11 PM   #53
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Old 06-09-2017, 11:05 PM   #54
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You can tell many of you aren't from Texas, where we have million dollar high school stadiums and Fridays nights are a religion. The NFL isn't going anywhere!
Not just Texas but throughout the south, and with the Patriots success the northeast is seeing a poporlarity surge of the sport. Yes, CTE is a bad mark on the sport, but its something the sport can overcome imo. What sport will replace the NFL when it is "dead"? European Soccer? NBA? MLB (which is a sport that needs to worry about poporality Armageddon)? I don't think so.
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I have my license to carry. If Bo would attack me, I'm within my legal rights to defend myself. So nah Bo is not making me his bitch....

He should have his kids try male-cheerleading instead. No risk of a concussion injury with that job.
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Old 06-10-2017, 06:31 AM   #56
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You might want to check the facts on this. Football isn't in the top three for mortality rate of high school sports. If you count cheerleading as a sport, football wouldn't be in the top four.
Maybe I should rephrase. "In sports that I'm concerned that my kids might actually want to play, football seems to have an increased number of dangerous incidents"

If my kids want to play water polo or boys softball(seriously, I was unaware this is an option in high school), I'll address that then. Neither of them have shown the slightest inclination to be interested in gymnastics, so I think I'm safe there.
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I wish he would've focused solely on baseball, he would've developed into a hell of a better player for the Royals.
Could not disagree more. He wasted his time playing basebaseball. He was born to run the football. NFL HOF talent MLB novelty IMO.
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He should have his kids try male-cheerleading instead. No risk of a concussion injury with that job.
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It's kinda funny when people say the NFL's days are numbered, given the rise of MMA.
In MMA you might take 10 good shots to the head in a year. And it's not from a 300 pound jacked dude who is wearing armor and trying to murder you. They also wear lighter gloves in MMA than in boxing specifically so you can't just pound your opponent in the head the whole fight.
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