As someone who has had multiple concussions in other sports, the impacts in youth football are absolutely sufficient to cause concussions and more minor (but still cumulatively damaging) trauma. The fact that they're a repeated part of the game and not occasional incidents is very, very bad.

Requiring a child to play football should be actual child abuse, and even allowing it should be frowned upon the way that letting a child play with a blowtorch is.

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thrwaway73637 2 hours ago | parent [-]

there you said it: you got concusions from other sports. so why single out football as the worst thing ever?

	▲	alistairSH 11 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because football is the most studied and has one of the highest (if not the actual highest) rates of head trauma per time played. Rugby and ice hockey are certainly bad, but at least the impacts are generally limited to play near the ball/puck, whereas with American football, essentially every player has an impact on every play (WR blocking on rush plays, etc).
	▲	toast0 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Certainly, football isn't the only thing people do that leads to head injuries. But if it is significantly worse than other sports, why not single it out as the worst thing ever? Several sports increase the risk of CTE, but football has been more studied, I think because the incidence of obviously impared former players is higher than in other sports.
	▲	estearum 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> The fact that they're a repeated part of the game and not occasional incidents is very, very bad.
	▲	hibikir 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Due to the number of concussions per minute played. It could be worse (boxing), but it's not difficult to see how some sports are far riskier than others
	▲	lkjdsklf 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		CTE isn’t caused by concussions. Hence the rest of their comment.
	▲	dwaltrip 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Is it not worse?