This November, 2018 article states: “A week of football injuries, from youth to the pros, shows the damage the sport can inflict.”https://www.statnews.com/2018/11/21/football-injuries-death-youth/
Although the below article on football-related injuries and deaths points out that the percentage of deaths due to football are are not high given the number of participants, the number of direct deaths due to football injuries has gone up since 2000, and “Although there are risks involved in any sport and any type of exertion, the physical and contact-heavy nature of football means players are particularly at risk for brain and spinal cord injury.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/21/health/football-deaths-season-injuries-high-school-college-trnd/index.html
The above links are given related to my earlier poem about football published this morning. If you haven’t seen it, you can see it HERE.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
It was interesting to me that 45 said this morning that he doesn’t like football, or that it has become so violent — he wouldn’t encourage his son to play football!
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Who is 45?
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Oh. Duh. Donald Trump! So we finally agree on something.
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Yet he talked about having a Super Bowl party and worrying about having avocados for the dip, didn’t he???
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Well — my bad! I guess I heard half the quote this morning! He really said that he didn’t like the roughness,and would not steer Barron towards the game — BUT he would let him play if that was what he really wanted to do. I hope he brings up Barron to be a truthful businessman instead — haha
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Was he afraid there wouldn’t be enough avocados for his dip? Or that they’d be too expensive? I didn’t hear that one!
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I can’t remember what the big problem was that Mexico was having but his big take on it was that he wouldn’t have avocados for his Super Bowl Party.
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Instant gratification or whine ~ ~ ~
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What I read was that in increasing the tariffs so much it wasn’t really hurting the Mexicans as much as the American buyers when the price nearly doubled as the U.S. buys almost all of its avocados from Mexico.
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Another example of why tariffs don’t work — I wonder if 45 understands that!
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Fairly sure the answer is NO.
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In addition to what you mention, there’s evidence coming forth now, showing that the frequent concussions and brain jarring that happen in football —at all levels— can do long-term, personality-altering damage even if nothing shows up initially. Being heard is like trying to turn the tide, though.
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A bit like global warming. Many don’t want to believe it so are willing to risk the end of the world as we know it just to avoid admitting it.
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I don’t doubt that football is our physically roughest sport, but there are at least as many injuries in horse racing, on the track and in by number in this country per player … and many of those injuries are fatal. Sports are dangerous, especially to the young. I know we have a culture of encouraging young people to play dangerous sports because “it’s good, healthy, outdoor fun,” but the number of injuries just among the young whose youthful injuries aren’t even recognized until many years later is uncountable. Garry and I have talked about this a lot. Our granddaughter was badly injured through gymnastics and not a little in karate, too. And she was a natural athlete and LOVED playing. Losing her ability to play has made her very depressed. She really, really LOVED sports.
I’m not sure there’s much to be done about it, either. But parents do need to recognize that these “little injuries” aren’t so little and often last a lifetime.
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It’s a scary game when you look at the numbers.
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