<p>Too funny, mpicz. Jus playing football (or most any sport at a high level) is asking for injury (and you will most likely be injured at least a few times in your career). I really think she needs to consult with the Ivy coach. Usually if you are verbally committed to a school, the coaches expect that athlete to follow their guidelines. I highly doubt any D1 coach would want him to take a season off.</p>
<p>I saw an incredibility horrific broken leg at an Erickson soccer game last year. I never saw anything like it while playing football or watching two of my sons (so far) play D1 Prep football.</p>
<p>I am VERY interested in knowing what your son’s College coach is advising, and eventually I would hope you will tell us on this thread where he is going so we can follow his career:)</p>
<p>There is no Erickson League for soccer – only football.</p>
<p>Whoops! I am an uninformed parent I guess.</p>
<p>2007 Millbrook vs. Salisbury - Parents weekend. real bad compound fracture. Worse than any HS football injury I have ever seen.:(</p>
<p>It happens.</p>
<p>Actually a compound fracture looks more horrific than it often is. Ligament injuries like say, a torn acl or grade III ankle sprain can be much more troublesome. ACL/MCL tears are very common in football and it can be a year+ before you are back to your former self. A fracture is actually a preferable (if there can be such a thing) injury. My daughter is a gymnast. Several of her peers have torn their UCL in their elbow. This is more commonly known to the general public as a pitching injury in baseball players and requires surgery (Tommy John’s Surgery)and a year’s rehab. Two of her teammates received compound radial/ulnar fractures and both were back competing inside of 6 months. But, yeah, sports…particularly lots of hours in one sport=injury.</p>
<p>The college coach has been great and does not have any issues athletically with my son going to a prep school - he does need to investigate if the grades my son would receive at prep could possibly negatively impact his API and potentially put him into a lower band. As so many on here have been so helpful, I will give all an update when all is completed. Thanks much.</p>
<p>Injuries are not really a concern as they can always happen, doing just about anything. You can’t worry about them. Since my son will be admitted into the Ivy school’s class of 2010 before he would play any prep sports, he will be covered academically, even if he suffered a career ending injury.</p>
<p>If hes for sure already in then ya. But if you haven’t signed a contract or anything a torn ACL or something could make a coach skeptical. Thats all I’m saying, theres always someone out there ready to take someones spot. I was just saying don’t forget that possibility.</p>
<p>I suppose it could happen, but in my experience (just with D1 gymnastics) most coaches who are truly interested in you will honor the verbal even if you suffer an injury. Not too many of the usual injuries are career-ending any more. I know girls who have suffered torn ACL’s and achilles, along with various other injuries, who still signed. I</p>
<p>It appears that the greatest injury risk in football may be concussions.
Article in NYT recently – I’ll try to link it…</p>
<p>My friend who played football for USC says there is no way he would allow his own sons to play because of the significant risk of injury. He said during his four years of playing at the collegiate level, every player but one who entered in his class had surgery.</p>
<p>In the end analysis, the prep route is not going to work for my son unfortunately. The Head Coach from the Ivy program explained it like this. If my son had not already been accepted at the college, the prep route could be a good way to go. But since he has, the Ivy League may view my son going to prep school for a year as trying to circumvent the Ivy prohibition on redshirting and may look at it like they were trying to stash a player away for next year. So since it may not look right, even though we initiated the prep route to keep my son sharp since he was deferred til 2010, it can’t work. I understand the coach’s position and we will work it out somehow. Thanks for all who gave helpful feedback.</p>
<p>Does the coach have any suggestions…workouts, etc? I would think he would.</p>