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NightVisionHokie

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It's funny you mention wrestling. . .


I do have him in youth wrestling.

With regard to your comment about soccer: It's not just the CTE that worries me about football -- the severe bone and joint injuries worry me as well. There is a certain randomness to all those bodies falling on top of each other. I wonder how a dislocated knee at 16 feels when you turn 50.

(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

Posted: 12/17/2021 at 12:47PM


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  I love watching VT football but I won't let my son play it. . . -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 12:31PM
  I deliberately steered my boys away from "Rec level" youth football -- Hokie Fiji 12/17/2021 10:22PM
  Found an interesting paper on this topic (link) -- jmanatVT 12/17/2021 2:43PM
  Feel the same way and did not allow my sons (16 and 14) play football... -- Hungry Joe 12/17/2021 1:56PM
  It can be dangerous. I would estimate intensity of impacts goes up about -- jdkhokie 12/17/2021 12:48PM
  Make sure you keep your kid out of soccer, since they also have... -- EDGEMAN 12/17/2021 12:41PM
  It's funny you mention wrestling. . . -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 12:47PM
  Wrestling has a pretty high "upper extremity injury" risk as well -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 12:43PM
  Thankfully very few "blows to the head." ** -- EDGEMAN 12/17/2021 12:45PM
  A LOT more than you seem to think ** -- JoesterVT 12/17/2021 12:48PM
  Wrestled in high school, so I've seen a little. -- EDGEMAN 12/17/2021 12:58PM
  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
  I won't keep him out of all sports -- NightVisionHokie 12/17/2021 1:22PM
  I am entertained by all sorts of things... -- Beerman 12/17/2021 12:35PM
  I let mine play early and he retired around 10-12 age -- bigbadbird 12/17/2021 12:33PM

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