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JoesterVT

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Ehh....millions of kids play youth-HS football with zero issues


Kind of like everything else in life. It's certainly not without risk...but nothing is.

And as far as this specific example...are you going to hold him out of all competitive sports? Several sports, as well as pass times like soccer, have similar or worse concussion risk.

(In response to this post by NightVisionHokie)

Posted: 12/17/2021 at 12:40PM


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  I love watching VT football but I won't let my son play it. . . -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 12:31PM
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  Found an interesting paper on this topic (link) -- jmanatVT 12/17/2021 2:43PM
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  Be interesting to see the data...you might be rong -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 1:05PM
  Ehh....millions of kids play youth-HS football with zero issues -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 12:40PM
  It is not necessarily concussions that lead to CTE... -- Hungry Joe 12/17/2021 1:54PM
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  I let mine play early and he retired around 10-12 age -- bigbadbird 12/17/2021 12:33PM

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