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Where I live (Oregon) there's a sizable Lacrosse population, and the high school where my son will eventually go has a big Lacrosse team. Football is big but La
by bdamm 8y ago
Where I live (Oregon) there's a sizable Lacrosse population, and the high school where my son will eventually go has a big Lacrosse team. Football is big but Lacrosse is almost as big, and I wonder if Lacrosse (or something like it) will end up surpassing football. But are the head injuries as serious? It seems like no.
Another interesting sport to compare would be hockey. While hockey players don't tackle each other like football players do, they do check each other into the boards and those can be some big hits. Is CTE prevalent in professional hockey players as well?
- fhbdukfrh 8y agoThe big question is field or box lacrosse? There is far less head on head contact in lacrosse, but box lacrosse has the same problem with hits from behind into the boards as hockey. Somewhat surprising, soccer also has huge concussion issues, so probably CTE as well. They'll try and argue no proven linkage, but to me that doesn't make sense. My 10 yr old plays football and lacrosse, but next year we will probably switch him to flag football and basketball exclusively. It's just not worth the risks.
- ravitation 8y agoHaving played a lot of lacrosse (high school & college, field & box), since it's in Oregon, it's probably field lacrosse. Box lacrosse just isn't that prevalent in the United States, especially in states that aren't big hockey states.
- bdamm 8y agoIt is indeed field lacrosse.