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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Well, I think that diverting folks from enjoying football is a hopeless and futile endeavor. Even making it completely safe is not possible in my opinion.
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It's not my endeavor. I'm not an anti-football activist. This website is the first time I ever brought it up. Eventually, it will fade away and I will most likely never bring it up again.
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I personally am not, nor ever have been interested in playing...which is a good thing since I am as clumsy as a cow on a crutch. But I do know this, you won't change kids from wanting to play and adults from finding it interesting to watch.
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I had loads of fun playing touch football in grammer school. There wasn't any formal program but it was still fun. So I'm not trying to change kids from wanting to play or adults from watching.
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I am saddened by the number of concussions and lifelong injuries that occur to young people who play contact sports...but I guess that in playing or living life, we have to take on some risks or life would lose a lot of it's zest and it's meaning.
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True, so lets just reduce the risks. Kids can have lots of fun without knocking their brains out or killing themselves.
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If we would avoid the risk of dying, we would never give birth to children, or drive a car or leave our homes. We would never join the military and defend our country or be a police officer or a fireman or a doctor or a paramedic or a nurse or a teacher. There is risk of death in some ways in all we do.
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Yes, but in all of those endeavors, measures are taken to reduce risks.
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Team sports help us to learn to work together toward a common goal and keep us healthy and active.
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And that could be accomplished with touch football. (Hey, no snickering from the peanut gallery.)
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I just don't understand the point of this thread.
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You might understand it more by going to the political board.