While the news-making injuries are probably more rare, I'm concerned that a constant succession of low grade concussions might have a cumulative effect that I wouldn't wish on my own kids. Not that either of them is a prospect for playing football at any level.
Instead, they're engaged in an activity with a roughly equal chance of professional success -- playing classical music. But at least I can send them to practice without wondering if it will set them back mentally, with symptoms that show up 30 to 50 years later.
Instead, they're engaged in an activity with a roughly equal chance of professional success -- playing classical music. But at least I can send them to practice without wondering if it will set them back mentally, with symptoms that show up 30 to 50 years later.