Suffering Injury In Football

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As a parent, I would prohibit my children to ever play football. The risk of suffering an injury in football is definitely not worth it. Football is a very physical sport, which unfortunately means there would be surplus amount of injuries. Many of which are head injuries suffered from direct contact from one strong force to another 's head. First, in football it is a very dangerous sport that leads to many injuries such as concussions. Concussions are a specific type of head injury people can suffer a strong force hits another person’s head. “Nearly 1,500 high school football players in Missouri suffered concussions in 2012…” (Kansas City Star). 1,500 is a enormous number of high schoolers, and they all had a concussion. Second, I would