Report: High school player paralyzed after helmet-to-helmet hit

[Doomsday101]

In a tragic development in the first few weeks of football season, a sophomore JV player at Stony Point High School, in Central Texas, was paralyzed from the waist down after a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game Wednesday.
The Austin American-Statesman reports the player, Jasiel Favors, laid motionless for 20 minutes after the collision. He was transported to the hospital and his head coach, Craig Chesser, accompanied Favors there, along with the family of the player.
According to the report, Favors had surgery on his neck and was using a breathing tube in his throat. Doctors don't know if he'll ever walk again.

http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Repor...paralyzed-after-helmet-to-helmet-hit-39149149

 

[big dog cowboy]

Damn only 16 years old.

 

[jrumann59]

There are a few of those every year. They get more airtime now because there seems to be an anti-football agenda brooding in the background.

 

[DanteEXT]

There are a few of those every year. They get more airtime now because there seems to be an anti-football agenda brooding in the background.

I'd say they get more airtime now because we live in a connected world with instantaneous news at our fingertips. 20 years ago only the local paper would know about it to even report on it.

 

[jrumann59]

I'd say they get more airtime now because we live in a connected world with instantaneous news at our fingertips. 20 years ago only the local paper would know about it to even report on it.

To a degree but when all the stink about concussions and football and the dangers there has been an uptick when it comes severe life debilitating football injuries.

 

[DanteEXT]

To a degree but when all the stink about concussions and football and the dangers there has been an uptick when it comes severe life debilitating football injuries.

I worded my response incorrectly. I wasn't trying to say that was the only reason but I think it came across that way.

Traumatic football injuries actually something I've been pondering lately and whether we are in for a shrinking of the football popularity bubble. Not just media driven, just as more information comes out will more and more people's attitude towards the sport change.