ATHLETIC BUSINESS NEWSWIRE – STUDY REVEALS ALARMING SAFETY TRENDS IN YOUTH SPORTS

“11 percent of youth athletes claim to have been offered some form of reward, or “bounty,” as an incentive to injure an opposing player.

The survey also showed 30 percent of respondents have been “secretly glad” when a player on the other team got hurt. Meanwhile, 16 percent of respondents say either they or a teammate has “tried to hurt a player on the opposing team.””

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