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Originally Posted by MattyC
I think you are missing the point I have been trying to make. Of course I understand that concussions are a serious injury. And when they happen we take the necessary precautions to make sure a kid isn't back playing until he is healthy. My contention is on the idea that taken contact out at the lower level will prevent them from happening because I don't think it will. You are just pushing it to an age group where they have the potential to be much more severe.
Look, I don't have kids and I understand a parents need to protect their child from harm, but for me that issue is pretty much cut and dry. If you don't want your child to be potentially hurt, don't put them in a sport that involves people running into each other. I want to prevent myself from being in car crashes, thus I don't race cars. If a kid is going to amke a fuss because their parents won't let them play a contact game that's the individual parents issue to deal with. Its not everyone else's problem when they put them in the sport and don't like the way the game is played.
Your point about taking on much more contact in your life than you would ever see in minor hockey i feel actually argues this point. People (kids in particular) are going to find a way to hurt themselves regardless. We don't need to put a pillow on everything. We used to play a game at this age called "Cream the Carrier" where the basic premise was that 1 kid had a ball, and the other 20+ kids were trying to tackle him. That was it. I'm sure of the older posters can attest to getting into activities at that age that were much more dangerous and potentially harmful than playing full-contact hockey.
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Well then I don't understand your "then don't play contact sports" comment.
This is what that was in response to:
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Can we stop pretending that concussions aren't a big deal? This seems to be prevalent in this thread, 'oh it's just a little concussion, that developing brain will just bounce right back'. That attitude is ridiculous.
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My issue was with people talking about concussions like they aren't a big deal, and you respond with "then don't play contact sports"? Doesn't sound to me like you're someone who takes concussions seriously.