A Career in Football

[brymatt94]

With the current issues surrounding football, concussions and thus the decreasing desire of kids wanting to play, would you attempt to start a career in the sport if you had the opportunity? Whether coaching or administrative. Would you have faith that your job would have relevance 10 years from now?

 

[Ranching]

With the current issues surrounding football, concussions and thus the decreasing desire of kids wanting to play, would you attempt to start a career in the sport if you had the opportunity? Whether coaching or administrative. Would you have faith that your job would have relevance 10 years from now?

Texas has been taking big strides to improve safety. Limited amount of live tackling allowed and players pulled from game or practice at the first indication of a head injury. They then enter the concussion protocol and need to pass a test every day before being able to get a release from medical doctor. As a coach, it became a pain in the butt. Not that I'm against it, I actually think it's a good thing. I have not seen a decline in participation, but I do agree that some areas will.
Coaching was very good to me, I'd do it again. Just have a backup plan..I was an athletic director for 13 years and that helped me transition into a school district program director before I retired.

 

[brymatt94]

Texas has been taking big strides to improve safety. Limited amount of live tackling allowed and players pulled from game or practice at the first indication of a head injury. They then enter the concussion protocol and need to pass a test every day before being able to get a release from medical doctor. As a coach, it became a pain in the butt. Not that I'm against it, I actually think it's a good thing. I have not seen a decline in participation, but I do agree that some areas will.
Coaching was very good to me, I'd do it again. Just have a backup plan..I was an athletic director for 13 years and that helped me transition into a school district program director before I retired.

That's sort of my point. I am all for more safety but at what point is football no longer football? Is it going to go the way of boxing? Will the sport still have that "aura" about it?

 

[JBS]

Job security in 10 years..yeah..absolutely..

30 years..maybe not

 

[Ranching]

That's sort of my point. I am all for more safety but at what point is football no longer football? Is it going to go the way of boxing? Will the sport still have that "aura" about it?

It's still good. There have been many transitions throughout the years and it is still thriving. The new breed never played by the old rules. They'll adapt. Competition is still on competition. We played in a State 7 on 7 tournament at Texas A & M a few years ago and there were thousands of fans there and the competition was fierce.

 

[Reality]

Job security in 10 years..yeah..absolutely..

30 years..maybe not

The funny thing is that with the continued rise of eSports as a "non-violent" and "more inclusive" alternative to physical sports, we will transition from head, knee and foot injuries to arm, wrist and hand injuries. When eSports eventually shifts from hand controllers to virtual/augmented reality systems, we will transition to mental and likely physical injuries again.

The point is that there will always be risks to everything done repetitively. The human body was designed for slower movements with the ability to increase movements in short spurts. Anything that we do repetitively, especially faster repetition, will ultimately reshape our bodies physically, mentally and chemically which will increase the risk of injuries and issues as a result.