[uh-oh]

ps. i found a bunch more studies, some even stating that youth football has higher concussion rates than high school (the study that said that followed 400 youth football players and contrasted it with the much larger sample size high school study though) and even that study said 15 of the 20 concussions were in the 11-12 year olds, and the 8-10 year olds risk of concussion was way less.

also keep in mind high school kids don't want to be pussies so they aren't going to pretend to have a concussion because they heard the pads crack

thats me inserting opinon btw