Football: Unhealthiest Sport For Teens?

I know I am very unpopular for attacking the #1 sport in America but football is not a good sport for teens, or anyone else for that matter. Two reasons - death and injury.
•Death. If playing football is healthy then why do NFL die 20 year earlier than the average American! Why? Because it is an unhealthy sport. The unnaturally high bodyweight required to succeed leads to premature death.
•Injury. Think skateboarding is dangerous? Teens are 5x more likely to get injured playing football than skateboarding!


So whats a better option for teens than football? Anything except video games. The best in my book are Soccer, basketball, hockey and doubles volleyball because speed, endurance, agility and coordination are most important - all things that promote true fitness and health.

We have a teen obesity epidemic here in the USA and the last thing I want to do is give teens a reason to sit at home but please dont play footlball - choose soccer, basketball, hockey, or doubles volleyball as your sport instead.

Category:

Sports

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• teen
• nfl
• football
• sport
• unhealthy
• superbowl
• probowl
• hockey
• soccer

[lachesismutus]

If that's all you got from his video, then you either didn't watch the entire video, you're engaging in selective hearing, or you didn't understand what he said. Do yourself a favor...before you make any more comments, go listen to the entire video. Otherwise, you'll just make yourself look ignorant...on YouTube.

[mycrimsonregrets]

from what i heard, 12 million americans play football and 13 million skateboard. bicycling and running are both excellent choices for exercise.

[ThePLP7845]

No one has to be unhealthy. Where I play, people are not eating fast food to get big (cause they have enough intelligence to know that will only make them fat and "unhealthy") so they work out. And most linemen aren't even concerned about getting big, but getting BETTER. They understand that skill and technique will also benefit them, along with EXPLOSIVENESS and strength. I've seen 170 lb. guys destroy 250lb ones 1-on-1. And these same guys would be couch potatoes without football.

[ThePLP7845]

Hey maybe he's just trying to get ALL of his opinion out. And why give rugby a try when this video is about how dangerous football is? Are you saying rugby is an alternative to football since its less dangerous? Cause its more dangerous in case you didn't know.

[ThePLP7845]

Cheerleading is more "unhealthy". Medical reports prove that too. Scooby makes it seem that football doesn't have a place for everyone, regardless of desire to hit or size. Scooby makes it seem that ONLY big and strong have a place in football. Which is absolutely false. Every receiver, quarterback, kicker, and cornerback proves that. Sure, you could say football is dangerous. But more dangerous than cheerleading? No. Rugby? No. Motorcycle racing? No. Its not as bad as scooby makes it out to be.

[TJRMultimedia]

Steroid! the unhealthiest shit you can put in your body and scooby is on it! Scooby you are not fooling me, I know steroid use when I see it! I will continue to expose you for I know who your supplier is. So if you continue to lie to these unsuspecting people that come on your page, I will be forced to sue you!

[ripripripus]

not only that, scooby, but football is at the heart of dumbing ppl down with the corporatocracy that surrounds the game...beer, sex, chili dogs, mainstream music, advetisements, beer, beer.

US citizens know more about football than they do about their own sovereignty or how their country is falling apart due to the constructed, wallstreet-puppet, "saviour", Obama.

[jksee97]

Like It Or Don't, Football is unhealthy, medical reports proves it.

[KaelinSaint]

It all depends on how close to your genetic potential you are.

These are the numbers.

Went from 44" to 46" Chest

151/2"-161/2" Arms

151/2"-17" Calves

Those were the only numbers I'd measured before and after due to the curiosity of my friend (likes those body parts best I guess)

During this time I went from about 215/218 to 234/235 while losing an inch off of my waist and about 2% body fat. Three months and those numbers, you're the expert tell me what happened to produce that.

[KaelinSaint]

300lbs running 4.7sec forty yard dash. What is your forty time.