Should we ban America's favorite past time?!?

It has been suggested from some scientists that football should be banned because of "health" reasons. These reasons though, are not completely relevant and related to football. Some of these claims have stated that there is severe brain damage due to football because of the "violent nature" of this favorite game.

Football players that have donated their bodies to science are being used to make all of these accusations. Scientists have found rotted chunks of cells in these players' brains. These scientists blame football as the only source of this rotting. Have they even taken into consideration that maybe most of these players used drugs in high school and got wasted after every game? There is no complete way to prove that football alone was any cause of the brain damage. Life style outside of football must be taken into thought when checking and making conclusions about the source of these injuries.

So because of these so called "findings", scientists are now wanting to ban football at the high school level which will basically end football at a college and professional level. They say this will help to end and slow the brain damage, but I completely disagree. Yes it is very possible to get brain damage from tackles in football but some people have the same chance of getting the exact damage from walking down the street and tripping over their own two feet. Though true, the risk is higher if you play football, but this also encourages most young teens and adults to stay on track with a goal of being the best they can be. Football is the only reason why some people stay in school, away from drugs, and going to college.

So sure we could ban football and make some fallen football players' brains prettier when they die, but would we sacrifice the good for when we're dead over having good when we're alive? Once these scientists have actually played football and tested their own brains, then maybe we should look at new options.