quote:Originally posted by bballdad1954:
Save all the stuff about the great two sport athletes. I know. There are many great baseball players that played football and vice versa. Also, a lot of good quarterbacks are catchers or pitchers. But, it is dangerous, and that is a fact. How many have played the game right and not gotten injured?
Interesting. Football was Jackie Robinson's first sport. Back to my son. Thanks for all your comments He was out much of last year with injuries so we are trying to be careful. His chances of playing high school football are slim but his chances of playing high school baseball are good. He's the kind of kid who puts 200% into it and it makes him take unnecessary risks and increase the chance of injury. He's also become smaller than average this year. I got some pressure for him to play football from the coaches saying that he can play basketball and baseball for years to come but this is his only shot at football and that he is a gritty gutty player and that is what football is about.
I don't know--I hope I'm not being overly protective--but the injuries were really depressing.