Maybe get a doctor’s opinion and perhaps he can see the field again sooner. If he doesn’t play

Oct 11, 2017
3:12:31pm

The Dude Abides The royal we.

now, he won’t see the field in high school. Just kind of the way it works these days. You kind of have to grow up in the system.

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My 10 year old got a concussion playing football.

DirtyWater

10/11/17 2:50pm

Whoa! Sorry to hear it. My son is nine and still plays flag because I'm afraid

NachoCougar

10/11/17 2:52pm

Those seem to be extreme cases. I am not saying their bogus, but 3-4 years?

Chester Copperpot

10/11/17 2:54pm

I have to agree w/ Chester here. I have had multiple concussions some extremely severe and others not so much

IceBlueCoug

10/11/17 2:59pm

Certainly anecdotal. But they're my anecdotes so I have to deal with them.

DirtyWater

10/11/17 3:01pm

Not going to Church for 6 months? Sounds like I'd be getting an MRI CT Scans and

Chester Copperpot

10/11/17 3:09pm

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Cougazul

10/11/17 3:12pm

Believe me. We didn't wait even a week. There was plenty of medical

DirtyWater

10/11/17 3:17pm

We've had 2 daughters with concussion issues during their teens. It's pretty scary stuff. One was from

soupie

10/11/17 2:59pm

I got a concussion in the 6th grade

wapiti

10/11/17 2:59pm

Bummer. Two things:

COACHdrn

10/11/17 3:01pm

I love flag football

DK-

10/11/17 3:05pm

Good post. I've tried to get him to play flag but its a social thing and he

DirtyWater

10/11/17 3:05pm

As someone whose parents did not allow him to play football (or bball) growing up, I can

YouPuntYouDye

10/12/17 4:14pm

I have to disagree here. Hitting is part of football and you can't learn that

Chester Copperpot

10/11/17 3:08pm

Not always true. Plenty of us at my high school began playing in high school

OlanchoCoug

10/11/17 3:29pm

That doesn't happen--in any of the big four sports--where I live

teancum

10/11/17 3:38pm

I'm guessing small high school in a rural area?

Chester Copperpot

10/11/17 4:28pm

2800 student high school in Las Vegas

OlanchoCoug

10/11/17 5:24pm

Stud athletes will play whenever they pick up the game, but I think its more of

DK-

10/11/17 5:42pm

Agreed, just wanted to point out that it does happen sometimes.

OlanchoCoug

10/11/17 5:44pm

Tom Brady didn't start until high school.

BYU-Ite

10/11/17 5:42pm

Dude didn't start til the NFL. What is he, 1 in a million?

Chester Copperpot

10/11/17 5:54pm

Don't know -- but he's one of the best of all time. Just pointing out that if

BYU-Ite

10/11/17 6:31pm

Hey, hey! He’s the GOAT. Not "one of." And he started at Michigan.

DirtyWater

10/11/17 7:05pm

totally disagree. if you are going to play 3 yrs, have it be 3-6th grade. not

BlueFrog

10/11/17 3:14pm

Regarding the concussion...

bluecheese

10/11/17 3:55pm

Flag football isn't concussion free either

Gigo

10/11/17 4:23pm

Our daughter sustained a concussion this summer during a soccer game

kccougar

10/11/17 3:10pm

Our daughter was told no reading, no phone for 3 days.

kccougar

10/11/17 3:58pm

Both mine had that too. The screen purge about killed them.

soupie

10/11/17 4:04pm

Maybe get a doctor’s opinion and perhaps he can see the field again sooner. If he doesn’t play

The Dude Abides

10/11/17 3:12pm

I have a friend that got a concussion in a bicycle crash. He has had a total

PharmD

10/11/17 3:14pm

sorry about your son. not good. definitely in the minority

BlueFrog

10/11/17 3:18pm

Agreed. 100%

macaroni

10/11/17 5:39pm

Sorry to hear, that sounds like a freak thing and I hope he can get feeling better. Flag may be great for him!

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