Sports

Head Injuries and High School Football

The potential dangers of playing the popular sport have caused controversy, as even the president has weighed in. Would you let your son play?

It's the biggest week of the football season but not all the talk was looking towards Super Bowl XLVII.

There has also been a lot of talk about the safety of the sport itself.

With questions about the long term injuries making the headlines, including questions about whether former NFL star Junior Seau's May suicide was triggered by brain disease stemming from too many hits in the head.

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President Obama weighed in when he said in an interview that if he had a son instead of two daughters, he says he'd "have to think long and hard" before letting him play football.

There are parents in Huntington who also have to weigh that decision and we want to know what they're thinking. We'd also like to know what you would think even if you don't have a high school age son.

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Would you let a son play football?


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