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not go near American football because of the punishment the body takes even at junior level
Yeah, injuries and concussions especially are a huge talking point in American Football and Ice Hockey over here right now. A lot of people are realising that taking serious blows to the head, below the age of 18, for that 1% chance you might make the big time, is not a good trade off.
In addition, playing football is very cheap for kids, compared to the costs to buy all the pads and equipment for those sports.
As such, a lot of parents I know, push their kids away from those sport, and towards football.
H-Bomb
Agreed i was very surprised how it has grown and the large level of support it gets, with was chatting with a bloke the other day his son (15/16ish) is great all rounder at sport and he wants him to keep at soccer and not go near American football because of the punishment the body takes even at junior level, i was surprised as this bloke loves his American football.