Thursday, February 21, 2013



The article “is football just too dangerous” is about the debate on if football is safe or not. Buzz Bissinger argues against football stating how dangerous it is. She makes the point that football can cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTF) which is caused by having too many concussions which frequently happens to football players from being hit in the head too hard often. She also supports her argument by stating that even a professional football player’s father would be “very hesitant” if given the chance to make the decision of his son playing football because of the dangers. Conversely Scott Hallendeck says that all sports have a high risk of someone getting a concussion. He makes his point that coaches are being trained now to teach football in safer ways. He also says that “the rate of concussion in girls ice hockey is nearly double that of football” saying that compare to some other sports football is less prone to concussion that those with rates up to 21 percent. If we think any sports we play we are vulnerable to can get a concussion from, so in think that all we can do is make sure that the child will be taken care of if the situation occurs. Knowing a lot of young boys that play football I know that it is a great way to get exercise and feel a part of something so  I don’t think the best thing is to stop deny your child of playing football because he might receive a concussion it is all part of growing up and playing a sport.

1 comment:

  1. Good post. Couldn't your kids play a less-dangerous sport?

    Also, Buzz is a dude. 95

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