Monthly Archives February 2013

Surprising Survey Reveals Most Dads With Football-Related Concussions Want Young Sons Playing Tackle Football

90% of dads who suffered football-related concussions want their kids to play tackle football

43% of football player dads say there’s too much hype over concussions

(February 1, 2013) – Despite increasing awareness about concussion dangers for young athletes, a new national survey reveals 90% of men who played tackle football at the high school level or higher who suffered or suspected they suffered a football concussion want their sons to play tackle football.  77% of all football-playing dads polled say tackle football is safe for children under age 12 even though more than 3 in 5 of these dads suffered a concussion themselves during their playing days.  43% of all football playing dads surveyed say there’s too much hype over concussions in sports. And even more surprising, dads say most moms (61%) agree with them that tackle football is safe for young athletes. 

The survey of 300 dads who played tackle football at the high school level or higher, was commissioned by the non-profit arm of i9 Sports, the nation’s first and fastest growing youth sports franchise.

• More than 2/3 of football dads polled (65%)

Lauren Baker was a guest during the first year of our show at age 5.  During high

school as the Teen Tech Tipster, she had a 12 minute segment on the show once a month to bring up topics interesting to teens and bring in interesting guests.  Today as a Junior in Sports Management at the University of Michigan while she is busy with classwork and projects she is certainly not too busy to call and congratulate us for providing good value in an entertaining way to our listeners for 15 years.

Among other activities, Lauren is:

One of the Student Managers for the U of M Men’s Lacrosse Team   – there is a game today between U of M and Marquette at 1pm at UofM in Ann Arbor.

Working with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association  – there is a game today between U of M and MSU at 4:05pm at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Working with i9 Sports in Ann Arbor with the owner Chris Cristian.  i9 Sports  is the first and fastest growing franchise of youth sports leagues, camps, and programs in the United States. With over 500,000 members since 2003 and 275 locations in 30 …