Could BISD Be the First School District in the RGV to Drop Football?

Would it really hurt that much if Brownsville were first in something, that is if BISD would be the first school district in the RGV to delete football from its roster of competitive sports?

It's a national trend you know, not exact a tidal wave, but a trend.  Participation in high school football is down 3.5% in the last 5 years.  

The risks are obvious.  A Boston University study found evidence of CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brains of all 202 former football players they studied.

Hall of Fame quarterback and FOX analyst Terry Bradshaw made this statement:

"If I had a son today, and I would say this to all our audience and our viewers out there, I would not let him play football
. . . .There will be a time in the next decade where we will not see football as it is, I believe,"  Bradshaw said.

"I know in the state of Texas, it's king, but I believe where soccer is going to elevate itself. I think basketball and baseball (are going to become more popular) and the contact sports are going to slowly phase away. ... I would not want my child out there. ... The fear of them getting these head injuries -- and they're out there -- it's just too great for me," continued Bradshaw.

Troy Aikman spoke similarly in 2012, saying he would not encourage his son to play football, but would stop short of forbidding him to play.

The fact that, locally, BISD does poorly in the pigskin sport, is somewhat irrelevant, as is the rationale for that lack of success whether DNA, culture, coaching, diet or whatever.

Superintendents, administrators, teachers, coaches and parents should simply monitor closely the current science that seems to demonstrate, beyond doubt, that football is dangerous to adult humans, let alone to developing, growing teenagers.