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Originally Posted by GGG
Read the study, Injuries are defined as causing a player to miss more than seven consecutive days of practice or games. So the level of injury is being taken into account.
Also it showed a 33% reduction in injuries in Bantam compared to a 375% increase in injuries in peewee. So net harm is significantly reduced based on available research.
Also the paper atributes part of the reduction it to a survivor affect that kids who get injured in Peewee quit so they aren't around to be injured in bantam.
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Unless they go further than what you have there they really don't. A broken collarbone puts you out for over 7 days. So does a sprained ankle. So does a concussion. Only one of those 3 is likely to have long term impacts. If we're going to lean so heavily on this study I'd like to see it actually demonstrate a reduction in serious injuries, not injuries that are highly likely to heal to 100% in a matter of a month or two.