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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Girls also have weaker necks then boys if they don't work on it. .
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This - women have weaker neck muscles result in less stability and increased head trauma as a result.
The other aspect is that women report symptoms with greater regularity than males. This may be changing as there is increased awareness of concussions but males are much more likely not to inform medical providers and coaches of concussions. This then places the young male at increased risk of the second impact concussion which are significantly worse.
There are many factors that increased concussion risk but those are two of the major reasons.
As for football, I don't know, I think it is a good sport, but the way that kids hit, they hit to hurt, same thing with hockey actually. I think that we need to move towards more respect on the part of coaches and players.