Poll: Would you let your kid play (American) football in school?

[BarrelsOfDouche]

If they wanted, yes. This reminds me of a 'Penn and Teller' bit about the danger of football. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX60j_rlTOA

Cheerleaders on the other hand...I'd be more wary. That's really dangerous, and more athletic than football. Gymnastics with no safety precautions? No thanks.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I wouldn't let my kid play American Football... no.

Because it would probably detract from their Rugby training.

 

[jklinders]

If they wanted, yes. This reminds me of a 'Penn and Teller' bit about the danger of football. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX60j_rlTOA

Cheerleaders on the other hand...I'd be more wary. That's really dangerous, and more athletic than football. Gymnastics with no safety precautions? No thanks.

Hot damn. I forgot all about cheerleading. I don't have the stats but that shit really is dangerous. One of my co-workers used to do that at the collage level. His knees and ankles are already blown and he is a good 15 or so years younger than me. That's without picking up an injury, that's just the wear and tear.

I guess we better ban that too.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

My mom basically forbid me from football... Though I never had an interest in it anyways, or any other sport, except baseball and really only as a spectator... Then again cross-dressing part time from a young age and expressing a gender identity not in line with my birth sex... I might just be really really weird.

It would depend on my kid. But I'd still lean towards a big fat no on the subject. For more reasons just than injury. I am not going to a middle school football game, I'm not going to contribute my kid getting a free ride as a jock, and I'm not going to even feign interest. If my potential child could deal with me not being interested, not being at the games, and making them get good grades. Then I might allow them to do it. But I'd disapprove openly. There are so many more productive things they could do instead.

 

[Malpraxis]

We don't have handegg here, but I played rugby growing up. It's a great outlet to let your huge adolescent hormonal rage out instead of other stupid stuff teenagers do. So what if he gets a few blows to the head? It's darwinism for kids. If he keeps doing it, I guess he wasn't gonna be a neurosurgeon anyway.

 

[Accel]

This should be viewed the same way we view " gladiators" of the past as being barbaric and uncivilized. Hopefully we will see a shift in this behavior within our lifetimes.

What's your view on boxing and MMA? I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Well i live in rural sweden, so that is not an issue i would presume
I would be fairly hesitant to approve of that

 

[GrumbleGrump]

No. I'd let them play rugby, like a proper man.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Not a difficult question really. Things I wouldn't let my kid do:

-Commit a crime which poses a reasonable risk of imprisonment
-Take drugs which pose a reasonable risk of permanent damage
-Play around with explosives or hazardous chemicals which pose a risk of harm
-Play a sport which poses a reasonable risk of serious injury

Can you see a pattern here? I get the impression a lot of people would let their kids do anything.

 

[R.K. Meades]

"Play a sport which poses a reasonable risk of serious injury." Well, if your kids want to take up a sport like tennis, gymnastics, skateboarding, or volleyball, it seems they are shit out of luck.

 

[BarrelsOfDouche]

If they wanted, yes. This reminds me of a 'Penn and Teller' bit about the danger of football. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX60j_rlTOA

Cheerleaders on the other hand...I'd be more wary. That's really dangerous, and more athletic than football. Gymnastics with no safety precautions? No thanks.

Hot damn. I forgot all about cheerleading. I don't have the stats but that shit really is dangerous. One of my co-workers used to do that at the collage level. His knees and ankles are already blown and he is a good 15 or so years younger than me. That's without picking up an injury, that's just the wear and tear.

I guess we better ban that too.

No kidding. My younger cousin recently got a concussion from one of those stupid "team building exercises"...but cheerleaders do this kind of stuff every freaking day. No gear. No nothing.

I guess whoever didn't catch her didn't have as much experience as a cheerleader would...but that sounds like a pretty good reason NOT to partake in an activity where somebody is depending on you to keep your neck from snapping in two...