[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by tommymac

With football they get the parents to sign waivers kind of releasing the school of liability. I know down your way some parents would disown their kids if they didnt want to play football.

Those waivers are great for things that aren't thought to carry a high percentage for serious, life-long injury. But if the school officials can be shown to be aware of research that confirms many players will suffer brain damage every year, and they allow the football program to go on the same, they'll be liable for lawsuits to shut the program down.

All the pro-football parents, and yes there are a lot of them down here, will be drown out by the "think about the children" crowd. Protecting children is first and foremost in having cool shit outlawed, its just that we haven't really been aware how profound concussions can be until somewhat recently.

Many schools have already phased out P.E., Athletics doesn't seem like that much of a stretch, especially when the health factor is combined with continuing financial woes in Public Schools.