Diligent_Office7179 t1_jas02tu wrote on March 3, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Reply to comment by jdolbeer in Bill to ban youth tackle football in New York state has been a decade in the making — Bronx Times by BronxTimes

I’m not an expert on this but it’s my understanding that literal deaths in youth football are very rare and are not necessarily higher than in other sports.

I don’t disagree with the overall point though that tackle football at a young age is dangerous and I see merit in this proposed ban

jdolbeer t1_jas1ubu wrote on March 3, 2023 at 5:27 PM

There's a lot of cardiac arrest in basketball (94% of the youth deaths in basketball are attributed to sudden cardiac death), due to undiagnosed heart conditions. After that there's football with traumatic brain injury, exertional heat stroke, and exertional sickling. These latter 2 being a direct result of overtraining/practicing that isn't seen in other sports. Baseball is due to freak accidents with high speed balls etc.