I think a lot of the injuries are the result of ESPN

What do they show on the highlights? Poor tackling substituted with kill shots. Everyone wants to be on the highlight reel. Proper tackling technique isn't sexy enough. Thus, I think more and more kids are using their heads to tackle when it should be their shoulders driving through the person.
[Post edited by MCL3 Hokie at 09/18/2017 4:55PM]

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Posted: 09/18/2017 at 4:46PM

Gonna leave this image from the WSJ here without comment -- CPRVHokie 09/18/2017 11:44AM

Most of those sports are year round with travel teams and offseason workout -- DonHo-kieHi 09/18/2017 7:18PM

Worldwide? . . . Charlottesville? . . .** -- MikeVT85 09/18/2017 7:15PM

Demographics change. Huge Latino and Middle Eastern explosion in my area. ** -- mtnrun 09/18/2017 5:39PM

Globalization. Soccer is the global sport -- Nelsonia Hokie 09/18/2017 5:06PM

Wussufication of American -- COACHVT 09/18/2017 4:31PM

Effect of transgender males taking up the sport. -- MP4VT2004 09/18/2017 4:19PM

...soft, 1o1. -- bourbonstreet 09/18/2017 4:17PM

I think a lot of the injuries are the result of ESPN -- MCL3 Hokie 09/18/2017 4:46PM

ESPN just shows what people want to see. What about NFL films? ** -- NokieHokie 09/18/2017 5:11PM

I highly doubt high school and younger kids watch NFL films. -- MCL3 Hokie 09/18/2017 8:36PM

...Jack Ham (best I've seen) and I agry. Safer, too. ** -- bourbonstreet 09/18/2017 4:51PM

Yep. You can lay the wood to someone safely with a shoulder. -- MCL3 Hokie 09/18/2017 4:54PM

Yes, it will be a problem in the future, not sure how -- fordham 09/18/2017 2:49PM

First question. Is this real? THAT big a spike in futbol -- vt_mughal 09/18/2017 2:27PM

No comment from CPRV? Now THAT'S worth posting! ** -- 48zip 09/18/2017 1:42PM

Just more evidence millenals are softer than all previous generations -- EDGEMAN 09/18/2017 1:32PM

Haven't millenials aged out of high school -- DarylS 09/18/2017 1:53PM

Generation Z? So we have a new generation to bash? ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 09/18/2017 2:46PM

I blame the high levels of estrogen in millennial males. ** -- HokieNoVA 09/18/2017 1:50PM

Track up and basketball down are both interesting ** -- Nelsonia Hokie 09/18/2017 1:25PM

Don't get track at all -- what events are driving the growth? -- HWA 09/18/2017 1:37PM

I lettered in track 50 years ago in D.C. Here's my take -- VaAkita 09/18/2017 2:00PM

Lacrosse, brah!? ** -- Guy LeDouche 09/18/2017 1:23PM

Wonder how that will translate to college/NFL viewership & interest -- HWA 09/18/2017 1:18PM

The NFL has embraced the "Kapernick behavior" -- EDGEMAN 09/18/2017 1:35PM

Politically correct is relative -- DarylS 09/18/2017 1:55PM

If the newest form of "protest" catches on then expect it to get much worse -- HokieNoVA 09/18/2017 1:54PM

Embraced it so much Kap doesn't have a job & Tom Savage does.. ** -- RhinoVT 09/18/2017 1:40PM

Dang it CRPV! That sucks. -- YardBird 09/18/2017 1:08PM

Don't let Will see that. ** -- Stork 09/18/2017 1:01PM

Percentages aren't quite as important as total numbers -- Nova Hokie 95 09/18/2017 12:46PM

I'd like to see the trends in participation back another 30 years... -- HokieSignGuy 09/18/2017 12:20PM

Further back than that, my friend. -- YardBird 09/18/2017 1:21PM

Scott Stadium on game day? ** -- Mr. Touchdown 09/18/2017 2:03PM

Grate observation. +1 for you. ** -- YardBird 09/18/2017 6:51PM

I don't care which sport boys are participating in as long as they're... -- Major Kong 09/18/2017 12:11PM

And, for God's sake, teach them to tackle correctly -- TomTurkey 09/18/2017 12:42PM

Perfectly reflects our kids' choices (theirs, not ours) -- WestyHokie 09/18/2017 12:10PM

Here in Phoenix high school teams having hard time -- DarylS 09/18/2017 11:56AM

Interesting to see Baseball ticking back up -- jmanatVT 09/18/2017 11:55AM

I think a lot of the injuries are the result of ESPN

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