Famous football players don’t want their kids to play football
I enjoy watching a good football game, and I’m looking forward to the Super Bowl. But I cringe when I see someone get clobbered on the head. The helmet can only help so much. The cranial bones, the dural tissue around the brain, and the cerebrospinal fluid can also only help so much.
Many football players get CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) after years of hits to the head, which is devastating and can only be diagnosed after death. That’s one reason why many famous quarterbacks, coaches, and other players you may have heard of don’t want their kids to play tackle football. I’ll tell you what they said below.
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Famous Football Players on Kids Playing Football
What did famed football coach Mike Ditka say when asked if he’d let his kids play football? “I wouldn’t. And my whole life was football. I think the risk is worse than the reward. I really do.”
Brett Favre: “I would be real leery of him playing football. In some respects, I’m almost glad I don’t have a son because of the pressures he would face. Also the physical toll.”
Fran Tarkenton made the Pro Bowl nine times in his career and made it to three Super Bowls. He said that if he had a son today, knowing what we know about CTE, he would not let him play football.
Terry Bradshaw, winner of four super bowls and long-time TV analyst, said, “If I had a son today, and I would say this to all our audience and our viewers out there, I would not let him play football.”
Adrian Peterson, one of the greatest running backs of all time, has several kids and has said he won’t let any of them play football. He even has a son who has taken his name, but he said that he won’t let him play football.
Troy Aikman, three-time super bowl winner, said, “I think that we’re at a real crossroads, as it relates to the grassroots of our sport, because if I had a 10-year-old boy, I don’t know that I’d be real inclined to encourage him to go play football, in light of what we are learning from head injury.”
Many other players on both sides of the ball have expressed similar opinions about kids playing football:
https://www.thesportster.com/football/top-12-nfl-players-who-wouldnt-let-their-kids-play-football/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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John Joseph Ray
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John J. Ray is a Board Approved Continuing Education Provider through the NCBTMB (National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork)
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