High School cancels football game due to opponent's players size

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Mrtambalynman</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70514/high-school-cancels-football-game-due-to-opponent-s-players-size#post_1952325"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>MrsT delivered first aid services to a local youth football league and was shocked by the number of injuries.  Personally I'd applaud my kids choach for looking out for my kids' health and well being.  I mean its only HS football. </p>
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<p>During our 2nd game this year (2nd grade) we played a team that was a lot bigger than us.  Jackson weighs in at 85 lbs and he is our biggest kid.  The other team had a lineman at 175 lbs.  Their entire line was bigger than my son.  Jax was fine, but we had a kid get picked up and thrown by the large child and our player got a concussion.  He went down and had a seizure on the field.  He was rushed to the hospital and thankfully was ok. </p>
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<p>Now, I don't know what the solution is, but really... 175 lb second grader?  He should have played with a higher grade or something.  At the least his coach should have taken him out once he injured someone, but he didn't.</p>
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<p>I hope we don't play them again t his year.</p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>GaReb770</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70514/high-school-cancels-football-game-due-to-opponent-s-players-size#post_1952380"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>This is the flip side of what's wrong with athletics today.   The coach should definitely have taken the kid out when he injured someone deliberately.  It's gone beyond a game at that point.  Back in my day you were taken out of the game for swear words, let alone trying to injure someone.  I would think some of the parents would file a complaint, which is legitimate when a coach permits a player(s) to go beyond sportsmanship in a game.<br><br>
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<br><br><p> What the kid did was a legal hit.  So, there is no complaint.  IMHO we were down two TD's and we had a kid go out and we didn't know if he was even going to live (due to the seizures), so none of our kids wanted to play anymore. They were all scared.   I wish we had forfeited the rest of the game.  We weren't going to win anyway at that point.  And the other coach should have taken him out.  That would have been the decent thing to do, but, no rules were broken, nothing really to complain about.  And you cannot enforce decency in 2nd grade football.</p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>GaReb770</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70514/high-school-cancels-football-game-due-to-opponent-s-players-size#post_1952395"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>As long as the hit was legal, that's life in a football game and I take back my original criticism of the coach and kid <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/blush.gif" style="width:18px;height:18px;" title="">.   And I would even agree with the coach not to take the kid out since he did nothing dirty or illegal.   The kid would have seen that as punishment for playing the game when he did not deserve to be punished.  I don't see why you wouldn't want to play the kid next season.  The coach and team  just have to be aware of him and practice accordingly.</p>
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<p>Sports, as does life,  carry inherent risks.  The vast majority of people go through with no problems.  But there are always a few that manage to come up with broken bones, seizures, as well as head and neck injuries.    And even a few heart failures each year.  The only way we avoid all of those is to simply not have sports, which isn't practical.   </p>
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<p>ETA:  I'm not saying that for a 2nd grade football they might want to consider height and weight restrictions, that's up to the school district or league.</p>
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Yeah, I understand why he didn't take him out.  I just don't want my kid to be the next one hurt.</p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>coachie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/70514/high-school-cancels-football-game-due-to-opponent-s-players-size#post_1952436"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Just an aside here, and nothing against anyone whose children are in youth football.</p>
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<p>But don't you think 2nd grade is a little young for tackle football?</p>
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<p>They start in 5th grade here.</p>
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<p>Just wondering.</p>
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<p>No.</p>
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<p>We start in Kindergarden around here.</p>
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