I don't know Mikey. Your point may be focused on "minor" as in when is the right time to start. Overall, there injury issue is certainly better now than 30 years ago when getting knocked out meant you got woke up, eventually, and sent right back in. No injury is a good injury no doubt. But, football teaches life lessons like maybe no other activity. Learning to be on a team of 100 guys, learning to be a team leader of 100 guys, learning to push yourself past what you thought was ever possible, experiencing the highs of wins and the lows of losses and learning from each. I was fortunate enough to play high school football and college baseball. I learned more about myself and grew more as person playing high school football than I did playing college baseball. And, I enjoyed HS football more. Baseball is a team sport in some ways, but it is also a lot of you at the plate alone facing a pitcher. I didn't have any football injuries of note. In baseball, I broke my nose -- a high inside fastball on a failed bunt attempt, and broke a tooth (at freakin Alabama's rock hard field when a ground ball came up and into may grill). Both probably caused concussions, but we didn't know such existed in the 80's. I managed to overcome them and became a lawyer -- a low bar I know. Our son played both in high school. He suffered no injuries in baseball and only a dislocated elbow in football (which led to him deciding he wanted to be a doctor). He just finished his second year in med school and is starting rotations in 2 months. He did have 2 teammates who died after high school in separate drug deals. I get what you you saying. But, if we studied young adults and car wrecks, we wouldn't let them drive.