re: #302 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Two cases don’t prove anything, except that risk is not absolutely exclusive to football, a claim nobody has made.

Deadliest highschool sports

Researchers collected data from 1982 to 2011 for all high school sports and millions of high school athletes. Total fatality rates were then calculated per 100,000 participants.

The deadliest sport during this time had a fatality rate of 2.89 deaths per 100,000, which was more than double the second deadliest sport. Football was the fourth deadliest sport with a fatality rate of .81 per 100,000 participants.

Cheerleading, which has been shown to be the most dangerous activity based on injury data, was not included in the study because it was not classified as a sport.

Edit: For comparison, the rate in basketball which is the closest for number of participants is .76 per 100000. Soccer was .45.