Argumentative Essay On Youth Football

Children who participate in youth league will inevitably play in high school and college and on a professional level, it is essential to refine the game for them. Change is uncomfortable for everyone at first, but it is essential to the game. Despite the fact, that nothing will make football completely safe, it is important to remain resilient and use better equipment and technology. Dan believes that everyone who is interested in sports should ask themselves what is the price of football? If men and women learn to adapt and support a game that is less aggressive but will help fortify the future of football, than it is not only the players that will feel and realize the positive

Is tackle football too dangerous for kids who aren’t even fully developed? Back then, when it came to sports, safety was never one of the main concerns. For example, baseball was played for over half a century without requiring helmets. Recently, society has started to worry about future generations and whether some activities will have long-lasting effects on them, such as football. Although many are advocates for safety, others are arguing that kids should be able to play what they want. While tackle football has been proven to be detrimental to the youth’s health, especially for children under the age of 13, critics have questioned and discussed whether other sports are going to be next and how they can possibly prevent football’s future modifications.

​Another reason, and perhaps the most pertinent, as to why youth tackle football should be banned is because it puts young kids at risk for a plethora of injuries – some of which have the potential to affect them for the rest of their lives. As stated earlier in this paper, a total of 1.23 million youth ages 6-12 played tackle football in 2015 (Farrey, 2016). In 2007, more than 920,000 athletes under the age of 18 were treated in emergency rooms, doctors’ offices, and clinics for football-related injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Levine, Owens, 2016). Ten years later, that number has since doubled and continues to slowly increase. Some of the most common injuries seen in youth football include traumatic knee injuries such as ACL/PCL tears and damage to the cartilage of the knee, shoulder injuries such as damage to the cartilage surrounding the socket of the shoulder, concussions, back pain from overuse, and heat stroke, and complications related to dehydration (Levine, Owens, 2016). Many youth football players also must deal with broken bones and torn ligaments (Levine, Owens, 2016). With the amount of injuries these young athletes are at risk of getting, it’s amazing that parents even let their children play football at all (Levine, Owens, 2016). Although

America’s baseball diamonds, soccer fields, hockey rinks, and basketball courts have never been so busy with children. The number of kids involved in an organized sport is not what is so groundbreaking. It’s the way in which children are playing or how their parents are arranging for them to play that may be cause for concern (Ferguson). Much controversy surrounds youth sports with the biggest disagreements coming over parental involvement and the intensity of play. Although there are many benefits for team participation, there is a growing fear that the negatives are starting to outweigh the positives.

Despite such an increased concern for this topic many people are aware of the possible implications of placing their children in football or playing the game themselves yet they still continue to do so. Many players are told from a young age to simply be tough and suck it up, “[…] youth profess that the game and the team are more important than their individual health and they may play through a concussion to avoid letting down their teammates, coaches, schools and parents” (Breslow,

In addition to children obtaining brain damage, today’s youth are not aware of the risks of tackle football. They’re not mini-adults; taking a hard blow is more detrimental for developing kids. Children are more at risk due to the fact that their necks are much weaker

Do you really know what could happen to your kids body while they play football at such a young age? Kids should not be playing football until they are 14 years of age. They aren’t ready to take the hits. Young kids also do not lose any skills by playing flag football instead of tackle. Parents also do not understand what is really going on with their kids while they are on the field and the damage that is happening to them.

In conclusion young kids should be kept out of football due to the lack of safety precautions, their bodies simply aren’t ready for it and the kids will not miss out on anything by not participating until a later age. Just remember the consequences of sending a child out and having them slam into others while there is a much better option

Many parents across the U.S. are trying to convince other parents to not let their kids play football due to the risk of head, and life changing injuries. This paper will talk about kids and why they should play tackle football and why they should not play tackle football. Yes, football can be played by kids under 16 because learning proper tackling at a young age throughout time results in greater tackling at a later age. Therefore the kid will have and advantage over the kid that starts playing when they are 16.

Scott Fujita, in the article, “Would I let my son play football?” explains how there is a sharpening focus on the risk of many injuries in playing football how its leading parents to wonder and think twice about letting their son play or not.

Even though these are good reasons to let a kid play Football I still wouldn't let my kids play do to the

You are worried about your child going to get injured in his first game of football. Little did you know, there's nothing you should be really worried about. In fact, sports to young children or teens might seem dangerous. But on the other hand, it is just a fun sport for young children and teens to play. Sports also makes kids and teens active in a fun way and sports makes kid entertain themselves. Although sports seems dangerous, teens and young children should be allowed to play sports because sports makes them healthy, higher scores in school, and makes kids less depressed (sad).

Over time, these youngsters may be permanently emotionally exhausted causing some to turn to steroids in hope to gain an edge or perhaps give up on sports, and exercise, altogether. Intense training, of coaches from club or travel teams, becomes an enticement to "win" the next season which may carry on to the off-season to train and become better than the best. But where's the fun in that? When will kids have the time to try out other sports?

Parents who aggressively push their children in sport are a growing concern amongst parents and coaches. Bill is a coach and is worried about how far some parents go during games, what effects this has on the player. By looking into pushy parents and the effects, and evaluating the reports that are currently available, a report will be presented which will hopefully help.

Raising children in today’s society is not for the faint of heart. Raising children has never been easy, but it is especially difficult in youth sports today. Coaches and parents are putting a lot of pressure on our young sons and daughters. The pressure to succeed in sports at