Anyone see this yet??

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Not that many will even play in high school, even among the ones who played before HS.

But isn't it even safer playing before HS than playing in HS?

Not if you are playing with people that are not teaching the game properly and technique. A lot of youth coaches are not teaching the same things they teach at the high school level and certainly do not emphasize safety the same way.

Baseball & soccer are more expensive than football?! How's that? Football's got to cost more for equipment, insurance, officials, and practice.[/QUOTE]

About all a kid buys for football is the shoes and some basic stuff to wear outside your uniform. A baseball kid has to buy a glove, a bat or have them provided and other things just to be able to play. Football most of the equipment is provided and not owned by the players. Also you are playing a lot fewer games and not playing weeks on end just to play close to 100 games. There is a reason that inner city kids are not playing baseball very much as they have to take on a financial commitment just to play. Right now most of the equipment for football is provided. Now if that changes that might change things, but a kid playing soccer has a bigger out of pocket expense to play. It is the same reason that only a certain class of person is playing golf and not the average kid. Also football makes more money for the school than baseball, golf or soccer when hardly anyone pays a lot of money to support those sports.

Peace