Epidemic of Head Injuries in Football.
This article discusses how most injuries in football, especially concussions, go unnoticed because the player doesn't always have noticeable side-effects from their 'head slam'. "There are about 1 million high-school football players in any given year in the United States. There are some 67,000 reported concussions, and probably about as many that go unreported because fans, coaches, and parents don't want a star athlete pulled from a game" according to Eric Nauman, a researcher at Perdue. This is interesting and it raises the question as to what has more value: "My son is the star football player!" or "My son is intelligent and healthy!"...should we do something about this? Can we convince parents, athletic directors, trainers and coaches?
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