Laura Corin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Sorry, can't find the previous thread on American football. This is the latest news from the chief medical officers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41386706 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Interesting. With all the research coming out on contact sports and head trauma, I'm surprised teams can still find enough parents willing to let kids play them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 A friend of my daughter's played rugby in high school. A teammate of his got a concussion, returned the next week to a game, and died from a second concussion. I am very happy that my son was into soccer, not rugby or football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I grew up overseas, and even though I went to an American school (the only one in the country), we didn't have a "American" football team. There would have been no-one to play against! We had soccer and rugby. Rugby was the "cool" sport and there were many, many injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredHSmom Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 My son plays rugby (started at 16) His team is nationally ranked in the top 20 club teams (in the US) and in the last 3 seasons of play his team has had 2 concussions (from rugby) and many broken bones and stitches. Here the kids don't begin playing contact rugby until high school. Middle school is touch only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) It's interesting that they seem to be focusing primarily on school sports, leaving club sports alone for now. Aren't club sports a lot more common in Europe than sport sports for high level competition? This would seem to be the easy way to get a foot in the door, instead of trying to get in and make an impact on the most number of youth. Where they site Canada's ice hockey, this is definitely club teams as this is where the majority of children and youth play the sport. Edited September 26, 2017 by wintermom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) When I was at school a kid died playing rugby. He died pretty quickly from what I remember. I don't think he lived long enough to receive any medical help. Edited September 26, 2017 by lailasmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 It's interesting that they seem to be focusing primarily on school sports, leaving club sports alone for now. Aren't club sports a lot more common in Europe than sport sports for high level competition? This would seem to be the easy way to get a foot in the door, instead of trying to get in and make an impact on the most number of youth. Where they site Canada's ice hockey, this is definitely club teams as this is where the majority of children and youth play the sport. It's a question of what the medical officers can directly influece, I think. Contact rugby could be banned in state schools by simple ministerial decision (I believe), whereas it would have to be made illegal to stop it at club level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I’m not as familiar with rugby since I’m from the USA. However, after watching womens Olympic rugby, I was amazed that rugby didn’t raise a similar alarm as football. Watching that woman’s head hit the ground with not even a helmet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Dh's cousin played Rugby in college and after for a few years. He is in his early 30's and has major back and shoulder problems. A couple of surgeries in the past few years, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 In recent years head injuries in general have gotten a lot of attention here in NZ. Once or twice a year we seem to lose a young sportsman due to head injury complications. Rugby, soccer, field hockey have all put out head injury policies. Most of our sport is in club competitions with school competitions only for a week a year. (school teams play in their local club competition during the normal season.) As manager for one of our local premier mens field hockey teams I have had to deal with a variety of injuries, including head injuries. Keeping a competitive player off the turf is very difficult. I have had men jump back on as soon as they get a bandage on as they know we have a "No Blood" policy, but unless they were knocked out there isn't much to keep them from playing. Rugby does seem to attract the most media attention, but hockey & soccer have some risk as well & reach a wide number of young players in our area. No sport is with out risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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