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Originally Posted by Solon
So sad.
Tell those kids to keep their head up when they tackle.
(I'm not saying that's what this kid did wrong - the article doesn't say)
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My sons are in youth and peewee football. Yesterday in a game one of the boys came out with a knee injury. The coach turned to him and said, "tomorrow I want you to go to Joe's [a local sporting goods store] and get one of those knee cages." End of conversation. No looking at the knee, no concern about having an expert look at the knee.
Another boy came out with a pain in the back of his knee. Another coach said "are you hurt or injured?" The kid looked at him not knowing how to answer (what would you expect a 13 year old to do?). The coach then says "play through the pain."
Coaches are often jerks and the ones at the youth level are often high school wannabe cast offs. There is no way I'm not at every game this year.
football is risky.