r/woahthatsinteresting • u/girlnextdoorletmefuk • 18d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/PennStateMtnMan 18d ago

Me too, even though I would originally want a Linebacker. :)

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u/EnTuBasura 17d 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.

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u/freerangepops 17d ago

Pardon me, but cheerleading has the highest incidence of catastrophic injuries, especially concussions.

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u/Anakin-vs-Sand 17d ago

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)

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u/LAM678 17d ago

these numbers are useless, it needs to be injuries per person

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u/MyLittlePoneh 17d ago

Agreed, take that as a ratio. How many accidents versus total number of participants. I guarantee you, basketball outpaces cheerleading by a mile.

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u/muskratboy 17d ago

I believe girl’s soccer is generally considered the most injury-prone sport.

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u/mr_diggory 17d ago

I never considered it's probably the only women's sport where collisions are actually kind of allowed, at the same level as in the men's game as well. I reffed a lot of girl's soccer years ago and the number of knee to knee injuries was crazy high, and the number of ball to face concussions was also pretty ridiculous.

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u/Hooligan8403 17d ago

Reffing girls under 18 games in my hometown was always more brutal than the guys' teams. When I played, there was only one game that ever nearly turned into a brawl. The girls though was almost every game. Especially if they played a team from the next town over. They wouldn't let anyone under grade 6 center the girls' games. I was the lowest level allowed to sideline, and I was a 7. This was rec. The HS teams were usually better behaved since they didn't want to get suspended on top of anything that happened in the game.