Serious Injury In High School Sports

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Some experts may believe that the risk of serious injury while participating in sports isn’t worth the benefits that come with the activity. But, if the school’s athletic budget was to be raised above the current ceiling, better quality equipment and better trained coaches could both be afforded. With changes in the degree of the safety practiced during our athletics, the likelihood of a player acquiring a serious injury, such as a concussion, would decrease exceptionally. Another issue that is raised by opposers of athletics is the fact that so few kids receive any kind of scholarship for their hard work in the activity that they participate in. But, with this extremely high standard of acceptance, less than 5% for some kinds of sports, kids