My dh was a HS football coach for 5 years. Nopw he's woprkoing too much OT to do it anymopre. My son played both football and LX.
No-one should be head butting period. My son had 2 concussions because of un-sprtsmanship conduct on other's parts. Scary stuff.
But if you think football is a violent sport then don't watch LX. It makes you cringe when those sticks began flying. But I liked it even better than football! We took the
city championship in 2009 think it was. Never a dull moment!
I ADORE LAX!! Both my older sons played school lacrosse since 2nd grade. My little guy starts next year. My daughter played JV, and next year she'll play varsity. I prefer boys LAX. The girls are very underdressed-only eye protection, short little skirts, and the same hard ball that moves just as fast as when the boys throw it. Boys get physical-it's like football with sticks. I do like the contact sports, but unsportsmanlike behavior, I find, isn't given enough of a penalty most of the time.
You are right-there should be no head butting in either sport, and there should be an additional penalty and removal from the game for intentional injury. We played ESM 2 years ago, and it was the most unbelievable, violent game I've ever seen. It was a GREAT game, though, once our boys realized the other team wasn't getting penalized for their behavior-the coach set them loose and ESM forgot that all our boys play together on both the football and LAX teams. LOL. Then a FATHER started a fight with ME, for telling one of their moms that she couldn't run onto the field after her kid (who she screamed CHECK HIM at for 3 quarters) got knocked on his butt. I was trying to save their team from a forfeit. (parent on the field is a forfeit for that team)
Concussions scare the daylights out of me, but now at least there are laws and controls when a child gets his/her bell rung. several years back they told my older son's friend to shake it off, and he played a whole half of a football game with double vision. He was out for the rest of the season once his mom took him to the doctor after the game.
My daughters games are too calm, besides the "ball, ball, ball" yelling like those obnoxious seagulls in Nemo. I like action!!
This year is my 11 year olds first year playing school football as well as PAL football. His team will be these same boys...they are an incredible force. Amazing to watch on the field. My son, who is a sensitive animal lover that cries when he watches animal planet, becomes a vicious animal on the field. He's (literally) 72 pounds but can take down a kid a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier. It bring a tear to my eyes.
