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Originally Posted by BigFlameDog
Full contact coed, plenty of girls still play in the lower, non contact tiers.
There are still concussions in high level female obviously but you would consider it manageable and just part of the game. If you introduced full contact, it would spike and spike quickly.
My oldest played AAA U18 female and you definitely have girls there that COULD play full contact from a skills and size perspective, but it just simply doesn't change the physiological components. Could that handful of girls go and play full contact? Sure. but they are way more likely than the boys they are playing against to get a concussion.
I guess it would come down to a parent or players willingness to roll the dice but I think our job is to protect our kids and make sure everyone is safe. Most parents of females that I know that want full contact, have that one kid who would crush everyone.
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But what about just A level girl on girl hockey (Calgary Fire)? No guys on the ice?
Then concussions would be similar to guys?