3 ms·
That comparison feels like it's missing a "spinal cord injuries" qualifier, because it doesn't pass the smell test for "all injuries". Roughly a million kids pl
by InitialLastName 2y ago
That comparison feels like it's missing a "spinal cord injuries" qualifier, because it doesn't pass the smell test for "all injuries". Roughly a million kids play high school football every year, which is 20% of the population of BC. Many of those will have some small injury over the course of the year from football.
It makes more sense for spinal injuries, but even that doesn't make mountain biking more dangerous than football (spinal injuries are relatively rare in football, but head trauma is common).
- bluGill 2y agoWell this is about major life changing injuries. Break a leg and 6 months latter you are back doing whatever you did before. Injury your spinal cord and you controlling your wheelchair with your mouth (or other awkward contraption) for the rest of your life. American football is played by a lot more kids than who mountain bike in just BC and isn't nearly as bad. (though some of the injuries from football to have lifelong effects that we are only now realizing)