[HSFOOTBALL]

High School and College/NFL are two totally different issues. You are talking about 14-17 yr old kids, who can't balance a check book.

The issue with the NFL and College is simple. These are grown men that have had their entire life to make a decision on what they want to do, and this is what they have chosen. They know the consequences, let them play.

These same people can go to war, where there are no rules, if they choose so.

Football is not a contact sport anymore, it is a collision sport, where we as a society have groomed the best athletes in the world to get bigger faster and stronger to one day hopefully make millions of dollars playing a game they love and have fans across the world worship them for their talents. To me if you have made it to the NFL, or even College, you are old enough to know the consequences of playing the game. You can choose to play or not play, but by that time in your life you should mentally mature enough to know the costs/rewards.

It's pretty simple ... when you're 18 and you pick that cigarette up, you know that when you are 60, their could be major health consequences. Its the same thing with College and NFL football. They do it because they love it, so let them play.