Well, a new study that will be
presented next week at an American
Academy of Neurology meeting offers «one of the most conclusive pieces of evidence yet of a definitive link between brain injury and playing
football,» says the Washington Post.
It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their child to start, or continue, playing
football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling&raqu
football, not some
present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that
football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling&raqu
football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American
Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth
Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling&raqu
Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle
football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling&raqu
football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and
A new study
presented today at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found no link between neurocognitive function and years of
football play in adolescent athletes.