Young Athletes Playing Football?
By: Zachary Mercado
About 140,000 high school student athletes have concussions all the time,all over the nation. So young athletes should not be able to play football,because of the injuries that can receive, like concussions. There is always the ongoing debate over whether young athletes should play football. Some kids would say yes, because it's a really fun sport to play with your kids and family. And some kids would say that playing football is dangerous and leads to many injuries. Well, according to US News,"Between 2001 and 2009, the most recent years of CDC data, football sent about 25,376 kids under age 19 to the emergency room for traumatic brain injury every year,which is second only to bicycling". Young Athletes should not be able to play football.
Young athletes should not be able to play football, because by playing football they're putting their own lives at risk. To begin with, some kids don't even want to play the sport, because of the risks it involves. According to Scope," America's favorite sport is in crisis: An increasing number of kids are choosing not to play football, because of injuries like concussions". And those kids aren't wrong, because concussions can lead to serious brain damage. In fact, According to US News,"Injuries such as concussions can have long lasting effects, and in the short term concussions cause memory problems, confusion, nausea,and vomiting". And concussions don't just happen occasionally, they actually occur more often than you might think. As a matter of fact, According to Orlando Orthopedic Center,"At least one player sustains a mild concussion in nearly every American football game". Playing sports such as football can lead to disaster, even for just a young athlete. So, young athletes should no be able to play football, mainly for their own health and safety.
Overall,if young athletes choose to play football, they will endure many injuries and problems in their lives.If young athletes play football they could also suffer from more than one concussion per game. And mainly football can lead to constant trips to the hospital or emergency room, for injuries like concussions.So all in all, young athletes should not to allowed to play football, because of the constant problems and hardships that they will face by playing football, just like those 140,000 high school students who suffer from concussions that choose to play this, dangerous and unsafe injury increasing sport.