Why Football Is Dangerous

Is football dangerous? It’s a question many parents are asking themselves now that summer vacation is but a distant memory. Kids are back in school which means try-outs. Should you let your child try out for the football team? Or is football dangerous?

As a parent, your duty is first and foremost to keep your children safe from bodily harm So if football is dangerous, shouldn’t you forbid your child to play the game? It’s a question many parents have wrestled with over the years since the game was first played, in 1869. There were concussions even in the initial decade in the history of the game. In fact, in 1905, there was a spate of 19 fatalities due to playing football. Appalled by these senseless deaths, President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban the game if changes weren’t instituted to make football safer.

Also, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was formed. The association worked to create uniform measures for safety and to address other football issues, too. These were good steps.

But players still got hurt and parents were still left worrying about their kids. “Is football dangerous?” they wondered. “Should I forbid my child to play this contact