Would you allow your child to play gridiron football?

[Suburbia]

Would you allow your child to play gridiron football?

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm not going to have children...but no.

Football is dangerous, unsafe, and I hope it gets outlawed. That said, if parents want to make the choice to continue to have their kids play it for as long as it is legal, I see no reason to stop them. It's their kids lives they are throwing away.

[Suburbia]

I'm not going to have children...but no.

Football is dangerous, unsafe, and I hope it gets outlawed. That said, if parents want to make the choice to continue to have their kids play it for as long as it is legal, I see no reason to stop them. It's their kids lives they are throwing away.

Do you think Pat Mahomes lasts with the big contract he got?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/07/06/patrick-mahomes-agrees-to-extension-through-2031/

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm not going to have children...but no.

Football is dangerous, unsafe, and I hope it gets outlawed. That said, if parents want to make the choice to continue to have their kids play it for as long as it is legal, I see no reason to stop them. It's their kids lives they are throwing away.

Do you think Pat Mahomes lasts with the big contract he got?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/07/06/patrick-mahomes-agrees-to-extension-through-2031/

He might stay healthy all that time, but there's no way that contract doesn't get renegotiated at some point in the future.

[Del Tachi]

Yes, of course.  Some of my favorite childhood memories are from playing football.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Yes, I would.

If opposition to football becomes the next progressive social cause, that will go over really terribly for them with most of the country.

[Orwell]

If my son wanted to play it then sure, he'll be playing tball, flag football, soccer, all those sports like that, and after a few years he can decide which one's he wants to continue. I will be personally disappointed if he chooses soccer though.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

Better question is will my fandom for gridiron football allow me to have children.

[FairBol]

I'd have to do some serious thinking on the subject.  FYI....my parents didn't, LOL. 

[dead0man]

Once they're old enough to make such decisions and I inform him/her of the risks, then of course.  It's not like it's 100% guaranteed to cause permanent harm, individuals should be able to chose to take risks that I don't necessarily think are good ideas, even my offspring.

One of my sons played a half season of freshman High School football and my mom told me I couldn't (though I'm sure I could have if I pressed the issue).

[Orwell]

Once they're old enough to make such decisions and I inform him/her of the risks, then of course.  It's not like it's 100% guaranteed to cause permanent harm, individuals should be able to chose to take risks that I don't necessarily think are good ideas, even my offspring.

One of my sons played a half season of freshman High School football and my mom told me I couldn't (though I'm sure I could have if I pressed the issue).

I didn't know there were any long lasting effects of football until after I stopped playing in 8th grade, would I have still played? Yes, but it's crazy how big this issue has become compared to a decade or two ago.

[Former President tack50]

No because that sport is fake football.

I will let them play soccer though (ie real football)

[Illiniwek]

Lean yes. I will want to evaluate the safety of the sport 15 years from now, but I love football so much its hard to envision the answer being no.

[here2view]

Probably. My dad and grandfather both played offensive line — where there's the most physical contact — in high school and college, so 8 total years. They're both still alive (56 and 84) without any related issues.

I played 4 years in high school and I enjoyed it. Didn't play in college though.

[Santander]

I'm not going to have children...but no.

Football is dangerous, unsafe, and I hope it gets outlawed. That said, if parents want to make the choice to continue to have their kids play it for as long as it is legal, I see no reason to stop them. It's their kids lives they are throwing away.

How is it possible to make such a dumb post in a random throwaway bronz thread?!

[RI]

Not tackle football, no.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Soccer - yes
AFL - yes
NFL - yes
NRL - no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAJwa0OkMU

[darklordoftech]

If they wanted to, but I’d never play myself, my mother didn’t let me play, and my mother’s parents didn’t allow her or her brother to play.

[Progressive Pessimist]

No. But then again I don't want kids at all, so the question is almost irrelevant to me. And if I did have a kid they probably wouldn't be very coordinated anyway, if their father is anything to go by.