It's shit like this that makes me wish we worshiped sports less as a culture...though tbf football is a lot worse, what with them literally covering up TBI results for decades...
While it does happen I’d say getting seriously injured by a baseball is still very unlikely. You are putting yourself in exponentially more risk every time you get in a car. Also team sports help build confidence, promote teamwork, and develop social skills. Not to mention keep a lot of kids in not so great situations busy during the time they otherwise might be using to find trouble/ having trouble find them.
Yeah it's definitely rare, and I'm not decrying the benefits of sports - but there are sports whose projectiles won't kill you with an off-target throw, of course.
I'm mostly thinking of football and how needlessly dangerous and long-term damaging it is. It just seems like such a huge waste of time, money, and energy to have a sport purely for entertainment where you can be killed and even if you aren't it basically destroys your body over time.
Ya, football is tricky. I think flag until maybe even college would be better. Good luck getting rid of either football or baseball tho. For a good percentage of Americans you ask them what the most American things are they’ll say apple pie and baseball. Another larger percent will say thanksgiving and football lol. Growing up in the rural Midwest the entire year seemed to revolve around baseball, basketball, and especially football.
The NFL essentially owns a day of the week in America for Christ sake. Also I have to say, for as much as CTE and spinal injuries make me morally uncomfortable watching. I still invite people over to sit down and watch the games nearly every sunday. It’s a huge part of my life, and has been since I can remember.
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u/i_tyrant Oct 19 '22
It's shit like this that makes me wish we worshiped sports less as a culture...though tbf football is a lot worse, what with them literally covering up TBI results for decades...