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Professional football relies on the infrastructure of child/school football producing new players, so there’s going to be a trickle down effect from whatever ha

Professional football relies on the infrastructure of child/school football producing new players, so there’s going to be a trickle down effect from whatever happens with the NFL. Even if over 18 year olds signing contracts can waive their liability, high schoolers can’t. And mounting scientific evidence about the risk of concussions is going to cause it’s own liability issues for the schools hosting the sports. Anecdotally, I remember a couple of my high school classmates seemed perceptibly affected by their repeated concussions in varsity football, and would discuss at the lunch table how to throw the “impact” test at the start of the year so they would still be allowed to play after a serious hit. The test compared your score after injury to your score at the start of the year, so theoretically if you do badly enough on round 1 you can still pass with a “mild” concussion.

quantumBerry 5y ago
Professional software development relies on the infrastructure of childhood STEM producing new scientists, so there’s going to be a trickle down effect from whatever happens with the startup sector. Even if over 18 year olds signing contracts can waive their liability, high schoolers can’t. And mounting scientific evidence about the risk of pressure to succeed in the sciences is going to cause it’s own liability issues for the schools hosting the subjects, such as the many suicides of engineering students who are overwhelmed with pressure to succeed. Anecdotally, more than 1 engineering student has killed themself, affected by their repeated challenges in engineering school, and has discussed their challenges at the lunch table about how to throw back a "drink" at the start of the night so they could still allow themselves to continue after a serious reprimand by their PI. -------------- NFL primarily sources from collegiate football, not high school. In fact, there is a strict rule a player must be 3 year out of high school before being drafted. If you have a problem with the way collegiate football recruits children, perhaps it is best to start there.

quantumBerry 5y ago

Professional software development relies on the infrastructure of childhood STEM producing new scientists, so there’s going to be a trickle down effect from whatever happens with the startup sector. Even if over 18 year olds signing contracts can waive their liability, high schoolers can’t. And mounting scientific evidence about the risk of pressure to succeed in the sciences is going to cause it’s own liability issues for the schools hosting the subjects, such as the many suicides of engineering students who are overwhelmed with pressure to succeed. Anecdotally, more than 1 engineering student has killed themself, affected by their repeated challenges in engineering school, and has discussed their challenges at the lunch table about how to throw back a "drink" at the start of the night so they could still allow themselves to continue after a serious reprimand by their PI. -------------- NFL primarily sources from collegiate football, not high school. In fact, there is a strict rule a player must be 3 year out of high school before being drafted. If you have a problem with the way collegiate football recruits children, perhaps it is best to start there.