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Originally Posted by 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.......
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I don't think it is overblown in pro football. We are starting to see the evidence that it is pretty common and serious problem for ex-players.
It probably isn't too big of an issue for the 8-12 year olds. My concern is more about if they play now, they might play in high school too, and where does it really start to become an issue and a problem. The way you break down those stats is interesting in that it still seems a rare occurrence to even get a concussion. But, any pro team probably suffers a concussion injury once a week (pure WAG), and has to be way higher than 1 in 1000 players get concussions over an nfl career. I'd think that number would be in the neighborhood of one in 2 or 3. Or maybe there is something about the repeated less than concussive blows to the heads that contributes to the long term issues.