I disagreed with my dad at the time when he wouldn't let me play football. He let me play some other sports, but really only encouraged my study of music (violin). I excelled to the point I have made it my career both as a teacher and performer. Music students learn the same values of self-discipline, self-esteem, teamwork and sacrifice they might learn as an athlete, with the additional benefit of learning language, art, and beauty while developing their brain. Athletes learn many of those same lessons with torn ACLs, broken bones, concussions and arthritis in their later years. We are becoming a nation of "Al Bundy's" where everyone sits around and talks about their glory days in high school sports. High school athletes grow up, sit on the couch, and shout at and watch other athletes on TV do the things they can't anymore. High school musicians grow up and make music with other musicians. I now often thank my dad for his wisdom.
I sat at a table with a group of coaches trying to figure out if "all those blows to their heads have had a negative impact". Gee? ya' think?
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