Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players
Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players
The recent same-day deaths of two young football players have rekindled a debate about the sport's safety risks.
Ryan Craddock had seen his share of tragedy during two decades as a coal miner and firefighter.
Then came the toughest heartbreak of all: his own.
Craddock and his family are mourning the loss of his 13-year-old son, Cohen, who died from brain trauma last month after making a tackle during football practice at his middle school.
Cohen’s death, and the death of a 16-year-old Alabama high school player from a brain injury on the same day, have sparked renewed debate about whether the safety risks of youths playing football outweigh the benefits that the sport brings to a community.
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SAFETY? I'm a Pro Life Republican trying to Protect The Children and I don't need you LIBERAL PUSSIES Changing my kid's Football! If he dies he dies but at least he won't die a PUSSY!
I'm not sure if this is sarcastic, since I have neighbors just like this. (I hope it is sarcastic)
In Texas, it's often not sarcasm
Protect the kids from books and tampons in the bathroom. Not traumatic brain injury or being shot dead in the classroom. That's the pro-life way.
Protect the kids from books and tampons in the bathroom. Not traumatic brain injury or being shot dead in the classroom. That's the pro-life way.