OkeyDoke21 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 15 hours ago, PARROTHEAD said: Concussion fears seem to be hampering HS football in my district. 10 years ago every team had 40-60 players it seemed. Got the local paper insert for all the district teams. 3 of the 8 dont have 25 players. 1 has 50, (highest population), 2nd highest populated school has 30. Less than our local school with the 2nd lowest student pop. Even though the local is still producing more players and 3rd largest district squad. Its all parents talk about when HS football is mentioned. Anyone else seeing the likes where you live? Yeah, for sure. The town I grew up in had around 15ish schools in the district that carried Freshmen, JV and Varsity when I was in school. Now nobody carries a freshmen team, and around half of them end up having to cancel their JV seasons around halfway through the year to fill in their varsity numbers after injuries and kids quit. At the same time, the states (WV and Md) are expanding the number of classifications they have for state champions. It was already trending that way, but CoVid seems to have really accelerated it. There also seems to be a lot more player movement between the schools. It will be interesting to see where high school football is at in 20 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ty21 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 7 hours ago, OkeyDoke21 said: Yeah, for sure. The town I grew up in had around 15ish schools in the district that carried Freshmen, JV and Varsity when I was in school. Now nobody carries a freshmen team, and around half of them end up having to cancel their JV seasons around halfway through the year to fill in their varsity numbers after injuries and kids quit. At the same time, the states (WV and Md) are expanding the number of classifications they have for state champions. It was already trending that way, but CoVid seems to have really accelerated it. There also seems to be a lot more player movement between the schools. It will be interesting to see where high school football is at in 20 years. My high school only had like 16 kids on my football team, but our two rivals each had 40. They’ve fused their programs the last few years because none have had enough to field their own team. Named their team after a small highway that connects the 3 towns. Super dorky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minutemancl Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Ty21 said: First time seeing a dude wearing a suit for his mugshot You must have missed Rudy's from a few days ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 11 hours ago, Ty21 said: First time seeing a dude wearing a suit for his mugshot Wish I had time to change before mine. Or at least put on a tshirt without all the grass & vomit stains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tugboat Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) On 8/20/2023 at 9:45 PM, candyman93 said: Learned about the “halo” on F1 cars and how they used to be laughed at for how ugly / goofy they looked. Yet they save drivers lives in situations like this. https://imgur.io/a/dyaZxBB Meanwhile NASCAR like... https://twitter.com/AllThatNASCAR/status/1695624357471547821?s=20 On 8/21/2023 at 11:17 PM, smetana34 said: Who's got suggestions for a good wing sauce brand? Preferably looking for something exclusive where my restaurant is the only one within a given radius that can carry their product I like Frank and his sauce. It's not "Exclusive" but it's kinda definitive. On 8/23/2023 at 8:46 PM, PARROTHEAD said: Concussion fears seem to be hampering HS football in my district. 10 years ago every team had 40-60 players it seemed. Got the local paper insert for all the district teams. 3 of the 8 dont have 25 players. 1 has 50, (highest population), 2nd highest populated school has 30. Less than our local school with the 2nd lowest student pop. Even though the local is still producing more players and 3rd largest district squad. Its all parents talk about when HS football is mentioned. Anyone else seeing the likes where you live? Interesting to see this in action. Playing hockey and football...i probably had five concussions before i was 18. Two of them were completely unrelated tbh. But i also wouldn't undo them for the the games i got to play anyway. What that meant for me in building friendships, camaraderie, etc. I know some of my friends are deliberately holding their kids out of hockey. Purely because eventually they're going to get their brain banged around. It seems insane to me because these are people i played hockey/football with and honestly, lower level hockey/football is such a soft thing. idk. Maybe it'll change when i have a kid of my own. But it seems ridiculous. Edited August 27, 2023 by Tugboat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Tugboat said: But i also wouldn't undo them for the the games i got to play anyway. What that meant for me in building friendships, camaraderie, etc. I know some of my friends are deliberately holding their kids out of hockey. Purely because eventually they're going to get their brain banged around. It seems insane to me because these are people i played hockey/football with and honestly, lower level hockey/football is such a soft thing. My kids won't play hockey or football because of these reasons. But I don't feel about them missing anything. They both love basketball, soccer and baseball, and can get the same experiences and learn the same life lessons from those sports. On 8/23/2023 at 10:46 PM, PARROTHEAD said: Concussion fears seem to be hampering HS football in my district. 10 years ago every team had 40-60 players it seemed. Got the local paper insert for all the district teams. 3 of the 8 dont have 25 players. 1 has 50, (highest population), 2nd highest populated school has 30. Less than our local school with the 2nd lowest student pop. Even though the local is still producing more players and 3rd largest district squad. Its all parents talk about when HS football is mentioned. Anyone else seeing the likes where you live? Yeah, there's a lot of schools around my area going to 8 man football. Mostly the smaller ones for now, but there's enough that there's now a formal playoff for it in Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sad People Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 minute ago, flyers0909 said: COVID finally got me, this **** is not fun. It is not. My respiratory system/ lungs havent been the same since and im young and in shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sad People Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 3 hours ago, TVScout said: It gave me RA. 😠 Do you know how common this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Sad People said: Do you know how common this is? Research is scant but increasing as time goes by .... https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/months-after-covid-19-infection-rheumatic-like-symptoms-persist/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/arthritis-after-covid https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9162104/ Risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination: a population-based cohort study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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