Most people think that football is the most prone sport to concussions, but researchers from Northwestern University and Wake Forest University have discovered that it is actually fourth on the list, behind girls soccer, girls volleyball, and girls basketball. So why are we only focusing on football instead of these other concussion prone sports. I think that football should not be dropped as a high School sport.
First of all, football is really important to any high school. David Geier, an orthopedic surgeon and a sports medicine specialist, states that, “If you eliminate the football team, you effectively end the marching band, cheerleading, pep rallies and homecoming. You don’t just keep 50 or 100 kids from playing a sport. You get rid of much of the school’s identity”(Geier). Football and all of the stuff it supports is important to a high school, and if you got rid of it, you would be making a lot of kids not be able to do what they really wanted to do. …show more content…
An orthopedic surgeon named Dr Michael Behr says that, “Football requires conditioning and strength training, which are excellent forms of exercise and good for cardiovascular health. “You do a lot of different types of training when you participate in football from sprints to distance to interval training and weight lifting,” says Dr. Behr”(Pros). As you can see, football is a great way to stay in shape and be healthy, so if you get rid of high school football, then a lot of kids who would have been getting plenty of exercise playing football, would be getting less exercise and making unhealthy choices. And since about one-third of children are obese, I don’t think it would be a good idea to keep them from doing a physical
First of all, football is really important to any high school. David Geier, an orthopedic surgeon and a sports medicine specialist, states that, “If you eliminate the football team, you effectively end the marching band, cheerleading, pep rallies and homecoming. You don’t just keep 50 or 100 kids from playing a sport. You get rid of much of the school’s identity”(Geier). Football and all of the stuff it supports is important to a high school, and if you got rid of it, you would be making a lot of kids not be able to do what they really wanted to do. …show more content…
An orthopedic surgeon named Dr Michael Behr says that, “Football requires conditioning and strength training, which are excellent forms of exercise and good for cardiovascular health. “You do a lot of different types of training when you participate in football from sprints to distance to interval training and weight lifting,” says Dr. Behr”(Pros). As you can see, football is a great way to stay in shape and be healthy, so if you get rid of high school football, then a lot of kids who would have been getting plenty of exercise playing football, would be getting less exercise and making unhealthy choices. And since about one-third of children are obese, I don’t think it would be a good idea to keep them from doing a physical