Bob Cook , CONTRIBUTOR
I write about youth sports.
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Whether the movie "Concussion" makes a bunch of money from people passionate about safety and youth sports, or people who couldn't get into the new "Star Wars" because it was sold out, then couldn't get into "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip" because it also was sold out* and figured, what the heck, we're at the theater anyway, is irrelevant regarding the issue of head injuries and football. That a major studio even green-lighted this movie, about the researcher whose work turned football concussions from cobwebs to crisis, is evidence enough that you can't talk football, particularly your child playing it, without acknowledging the concussion issue.
Sportscaster Bob Costas, left, and Dr. Bennet Omalu pose together at a special screening of "Concussion" at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Being part of a team that was a center of the school experience, and lining up against multiple players in practice who ended up playing some level of college football, helped his confidence and helped his perseverance. How could it not help your confidence when you're being recruited as a college football player, even if you barely played in high school? Or when you share your coaches' Mr. Hustle award for all of your work with the scout team? As someone who was part of a state championship chess team and a decorated Navy JROTC unit, my son probably would have done OK in school if he had never played football. But his experience with football certainly
I write about youth sports.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
Whether the movie "Concussion" makes a bunch of money from people passionate about safety and youth sports, or people who couldn't get into the new "Star Wars" because it was sold out, then couldn't get into "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip" because it also was sold out* and figured, what the heck, we're at the theater anyway, is irrelevant regarding the issue of head injuries and football. That a major studio even green-lighted this movie, about the researcher whose work turned football concussions from cobwebs to crisis, is evidence enough that you can't talk football, particularly your child playing it, without acknowledging the concussion issue.
Sportscaster Bob Costas, left, and Dr. Bennet Omalu pose together at a special screening of "Concussion" at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
For the purpose of this blog post, I won't …show more content…
Being part of a team that was a center of the school experience, and lining up against multiple players in practice who ended up playing some level of college football, helped his confidence and helped his perseverance. How could it not help your confidence when you're being recruited as a college football player, even if you barely played in high school? Or when you share your coaches' Mr. Hustle award for all of your work with the scout team? As someone who was part of a state championship chess team and a decorated Navy JROTC unit, my son probably would have done OK in school if he had never played football. But his experience with football certainly