As football dies: "Michigan St. AD upset by student section"

[Bragi]

41. You want a sport that won't damage their brains

Right now, hockey is not a safe sport, since concussions are frequent when it is played in the current manner at a high level. (I should note I'm a huge hockey fan.)

I think this will change in the next few years, and that head shots in all hockey will be banned and very severely punished. If this doesn't change, then parents will simply stop letting their kids play hockey, which will also solve the problem.

The challenge with US-style football is that it inherently involves constant shocks to the head, and concussions. I'm not sure how you take that out of the sport without profoundly changing the sport itself. This is why I think US-style football is likely doomed.

Soccer also has a problem with "headers", which if done occasionally aren't a problem, but which if done repeatedly (like practicing headers hundred times a season) can become one.

I can personally declare golf to be a sport which involves no brain trauma, however, so go for it. I also think basketball is in the safe-sports category. I'm not sure about lacrosse as currently played, but like hockey, I doubt there is anything inherent in the sport that requires constant head hits.