Our culture seems obsessed with violent sports…Don’t mess with a brain!”

Ques­tion by Janet:
Giv­en the grow­ing con­cern about sports-relat­ed con­cus­sions, what do you think schools should be doing? abol­ish or severe­ly reduce var­si­ty teams? spon­sor only “safe” sports? Is there research on how con­cus­sions may inter­fere with learn­ing and aca­d­e­m­ic results?

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Answer by Dr. Robert Sylwester:
I don’t know how to respond respon­si­bly to your ques­tion, except that I share what I think are your con­cerns. Our cul­ture seems obsessed with vio­lent sports (and per­haps mak­ing sports that aren’t nec­es­sar­i­ly vio­lent into becom­ing vio­lent). To be frank, as much as I enjoy watch­ing sports, I’m pleased that none of our grand­chil­dren have got­ten into any of the more vio­lent school-lev­el sports.

I expect that changes will occur, and they’e over­due. Don’t mess with a brain!

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