According to Jay Atkinson, an investigative journalist, reported to”...three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one playing an organized sport — a total of about 45 million kids.” In contact sports like football, soccer, boxing, hockey, rugby, and wrestling, students are on different teams where they are constantly making contact with one another 's bodies. While in other sports two teams play against each other and sometimes never make any type of contact throughout the game. Contact sports should not be played because of practices and health. It has been claimed that contact sports do not affect health if practiced in off seasons. A study from Ohio University stated, “Increasing potential performance …show more content…
Donna L Merkel, from Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, states, “Organized sports have been shown to assist in breaking the vicious cycle of inactivity and unhealthy lifestyle by improving caloric expenditure, increasing time spent away from entertainment media, and minimizing unnecessary snacking.” However, it has been proved that it does in fact cause students health problems. Ferrara Jeanette, author of science line, reported to science world, “I found that children who start playing tackle football before the age of 12 are three times more likely to have behavioral and mood problems than those who start playing after that age.” This quote is significant because it is showing that even when you have been playing a contact sport since you were younger and people believe that it will help cause less damage to you when you are older it can still cause health problems and often lead to more. And can affect you for the rest of your life. Dr. Robert Cantu, a concussion expert, reported to TFK,”He says that because kids ' brains are more at risk for injury than adults ' brains, tackle football, heading in soccer and body checking in ice hockey should not start until kids are 14. ‘Starting later is fine too." This quote supports the evidence because it is showing that kids who have participated in contact sports from a young age are more at risk to suffer a concussion than a normal kids and that it gives them