Quote Originally Posted by jerrym View Post
My feelings are similar to Paul's. I also agree that parents will increasingly over time move their kids in other directions than football when it comes to sports. Hopefully, improved equipment and reduced physical contact will significantly reduce the risk in the future.
It just means one more reason for high schools to drop their football programs and they can blame things like high insurance costs and the need for much better safety equipment. The costs to equip high schools with the new safety helmets etc would be very expensive and parents would be expected to put up most of the costs. In my day the football equipment was provided by the board. Parents just can't afford to get their kids into football
The majority of kids are playing soccer and basketball and a minority are playing football and the results of this study just gives more ammo to parents to encourage their kids to play soccer/basketball.