Layla Maynard: Maybe We Should Stop Playing Football?

Summary: Though the number of students who die each year due to a high school football related injury fluctuates each year, the fact that any number of kids die because of this is astounding. Last year, five high schoolers died as a direct result of a football injury, and six died due to "indirect causes." The article goes on to talk briefly about the lives of each of the high schoolers who passed in 2014 due to football related injuries. The article also draws the assumption that the reason for so many deaths is a lack of full time, professional trainers, though it states that now is the safest playing high school sports has ever been.

Analysis: Maybe it's just because I don't care about football almost at all, but especially since children are dying from it, I don't see the world ending if we set up some sort of rules or regulations to protect the lives of these high school students. Maybe a high school shouldn't be permitted to have a team without the hiring of a full time trainer, who is essential to the strength and health of the players. When children were dying because of new diseases, vaccines and medicines were created to help protect the children. In addition to grieving and remembering those who have passed, we should make a plan of action to reduce the risk of more teenagers losing their lives over high school sports.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/football/high-school-football-deaths/index.html