coachkiss
10-24-2008, 03:00 PM
I'm really not the chicken little type, but I hear more and more about this. Tom Brady, Kellen Winslow, Jr., and Peyton Manning have all battled staph it appears.
I know that several high schools have had problem with staph infections. Due to the rough and violent nature of football, there are more scrapes and bruises than other sports. Will staph eventually become an epidemic since it seems to be so resistant to antibiotics?
If it does become and epidemic or even a real nuisance, does it convince some people to not let their children play football?
More realistically, can we attribute the increased cases of staph to artificial turf fields? If so, will they go away soon and get us back to grass?
Just something I was thinking about.
I know that several high schools have had problem with staph infections. Due to the rough and violent nature of football, there are more scrapes and bruises than other sports. Will staph eventually become an epidemic since it seems to be so resistant to antibiotics?
If it does become and epidemic or even a real nuisance, does it convince some people to not let their children play football?
More realistically, can we attribute the increased cases of staph to artificial turf fields? If so, will they go away soon and get us back to grass?
Just something I was thinking about.