[Northendzone]

so football has a concussion rate of 64 to 77 concussions per 100,000 athletic events - so how many athletic events would we be talking about if one kid started playing football at the earliest possible age and played right thru to university.

12 yrs of playing x 5 months of football games/practice (AE's) x 5 AE's per week = 1,200 AE's....... so I think that equates to about 1 chance per 1200 that seems like risk management to me......I wonder what the numbers look like for activities like skateboarding or bicycling?

for those of you that are considering not allowing your kids to play certain sports, it will be interesting to see how your kids react to that over time as thier peer group has influence over them.

for the record, I think concussions in kids are scary things, as how do you tell a 10 yr old to sit in a dark room and do nothing for some period of time.......but I sometimes think the risk is a little overblown.......