god damn the Koch brothers et al. really did turn “personal liberty” into a rallying cry for idiot internet trolls supporting millions of YOUTH football players to have a high likelihood of a life-changing, irreversible neurological condition that has terrible health and social outcomes

Jesus, Jowles… what on earth does the Koch brothers boogeyman (isn’t one of them already dead?) and the Cato Institute have to do with brain injuries.

If you read what I previously said rather than going into spazz mode… I am against youth football and wouldn’t have let my kids play it if they wanted to. 7 year olds playing competitive tackle football is insane IMO.

So, are you in favor of children having access to those things if one of both parents say it’s ok?

I gave you my opinion. I would restrict all mentioned other than porn. I don’t raise other people’s children. But like most things…. it depends on the circumstances. For example, I went to a school where shooting a rifle an hour a week was mandated from 7th through 12th grade. I could shoot the pupil out of you eyeball from 100 yards and not nick your iris, but I never went postal on anyone and I have enormous respect for firearms. Would I turn a 12 yr old lose with a firearm of any source unsupervised…. not on your life. What’s your point?

There’s a big difference between someone with a heart condition that happens to die while playing basketball and someone who dies because of a head injury suffered while playing football, hockey, etc.

I read through the 7 kids died in a month from football quickly but I think only one died from a head/neck injury. Most were cardiac/hydration issues. Not to minimize any death but there isn’t some epidemic of kids getting their brain’s maimed from football. Professional football is another issue. And there isn’t a big difference… they are just as dead.

Bill Bellichick and Tom Brady.

I’m sure there are people whose opinions I would less like to hear, but I suspect that list is small.

If you would like my opinion on children having unsupervised access to Vodka, cigarettes, weed, guns and the such, I would be against it and restricted my sons from that at a young age. Porn I would have no problem with.

So, are you in favor of children having access to those things if one of both parents say it’s ok?

https://www.usatodayhss.com/2019/study-most-youth-sports-sudden-deaths-were-in-basketball
Not to minimize a rash of deaths…. but surprisingly….

1. According to the study, those basketball-related deaths were all cardiac events; I would imagine, though I can’t be sure, that most if not all of these children had underlying, undiagnosed heart conditions. There’s a big difference between someone with a heart condition that happens to die while playing basketball and someone who dies because of a head injury suffered while playing football, hockey, etc.

2. Why did we start discussing exclusively deaths when we were talking about injuries that have lifelong consequences, like CTE?

My son tells me his sports med teacher told him seven high school kids have died from playing football. In the last thirty days.

Which I think beats out high school students killed from shooters this past month. But one is bad and one is good.

https://www.usatodayhss.com/2019/study-most-youth-sports-sudden-deaths-were-in-basketball
Not to minimize a rash of deaths…. but surprisingly….

Leaving aside the highly questionable assertion that teenage boys are fully aware of the life-altering risks of CTE…

Teenaged boys cannot play organized football without the approval and consent of their parent or guardian, so you question is moot.

If you would like my opinion on children having unsupervised access to Vodka, cigarettes, weed, guns and the such, I would be against it and restricted my sons from that at a young age. Porn I would have no problem with.