Long Island High School Football Player Dies After On-Field Collision: Officials

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74. I love your responses ...

I don't want to see kids get injured, and I never played organized football, even though
I really wanted to play. My dad said baseball only, and I have no regrets.

But let's take a look at the numbers, all are educated guesses but I don't believe it's that far off.
There are 350 million in the country.
Half are women and the majority don't play football so that leaves 175 million
Half of those are under 22 years old, so that means that approximate 90 million males available to play HS or College football.

There are 26,407 high schools in the US.
If each school have a football team with 35 players, there woukd be no more then 924245 students playing high school football. That's approximately .3% of the population that might play football.
Not all players get injured.

Football is one sport that teaches teamwork, discipline, perseverance, and keeps you fit. I'm sure there are more redeeming values not listed.

So yes I believe that alot less then 1% get serious injuries, and it does teach some life lessons.

Just my 2 cents.