Sports, Risk, and Parental Rights

Here's a post from an occasional contributor, Sven Wilson, a Political Science professor who writes here about letting children play dangerous sports, like football, motocross, etc.

http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/parental-rights-and-risk-management/

After going to a high school football game Friday night and seeing the surgeon on the sidelines, a dozen players on the bench with crutches, and an ambulance conspicuously parked right next to the field, I was thinking along these lines, too.