Monday, November 6, 2017

Changes in High School Football Participation Rates

Lately there has been serious reporting about the long-term possibility of traumatic encephalopathy problems among players of football. 

While it is premature to conclude any cause-and-effect, there was in Alabama high school sports a 7% reduction in participation rates for football participation between 2015 and 2017. That's a real surprise in a short period of time.

Who knows, maybe there will be fewer chronic traumatic encephalopathy cases locally in the future.

I see this as a good sign. We should not be so cavalier about the long-term health of young people.

6 comments:

  1. That's a trend that should be looked at in the future. Is this the beginning of a trend?

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  2. 53 years ago I played high school football at 205 pounds. I was the heaviest guy on the team. Today at 205 with not much speed and I wouldn't even make the team.

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  3. Will this mean that someone else instead of the Crimson Tide will win the National Championship someday?

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  4. It may mean that fewer Alabamans will have chronic traumatic encephalopathy someday.

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  5. This sounds like a good developement.

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  6. An additional advantage is that it takes pressure for sports off of some boys.

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