The conclusion drawn from the study is that, no, none of the head protection that was studied provided any protection from concussions, whatsoever. Additionally, the researchers found a surprising lack of understanding about the dangers from concussions by coaches and those responsible for our children's health and well being at the high school and middle school levels.
There are at least 250,000 concussive-related injuries in children 19 and under in this country every year, according to the Brown study. We just don't know how potentially damaging these injuries are in the long-term. Brett Farve has just said that, after countless years of concussions, he can't remember the events of an entire summer in which his daughter played soccer. Ironically, soccer is the number one cause of concussive injuries in girls. In boys, it's football. Ice hockey is the number two cause.
I enjoy watching football and I'm certain parents of girls who play soccer enjoy watching them play, too. I think it's time to re-evaluate how both games are played at both the non-professional and professional levels. I told my husband that I'm beginning to think that watching professional football is almost akin to the Romans watching the Christians being fed to the lions. There simply has to be more of an outcry among us sports fans for the need to protect the players from an after-football life of memory loss, personality changes, depression and permanent debilitation. I know I would enjoy football much more if the unnecessary late hits, piling on defenseless players and just plain dirty tack ticks were no longer tolerated. I just don't know if died-in-the-wool football fans feel the same.
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