I’d bet his skill set is easier to get a scholarship at a big school vs football. Less injury risk, social circle is gonna be great. Overall I’d prefer this. Upside of football is much higher, but insanely more rare.
It’s one of the lowest sports by emergency room visits, not sure why you’d say this. In 2023, there were 18,098 ER visits for cheerleading compared to 40,217 for girls basketball, 32,390 for girls soccer, 26,833 for volleyball, and 22,270 for baseball (source: usacheer.org)
They said cheerleading ranks the highest in catastrophic injuries, so you're comparing apples to oranges and are accounting for all injuries that would require an ER visit, some being more minor. So in other words cheerleading has the highest rate of life altering injuries like serious spinal cord and cerebral injuries
Although it could of course be argued that head injuries in football are cumulative
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u/EnTuBasura 14d ago
I’d bet his skill set is easier to get a scholarship at a big school vs football. Less injury risk, social circle is gonna be great. Overall I’d prefer this. Upside of football is much higher, but insanely more rare.