.A big debate right now in North america is contact in youth sports.This is a topic that is getting very popular right around now because of all the head injuries that are occurring do to hard physical contact. These meaningless injuries can cause long term effect though,many of the children that suffer a concussion in there youth continue to have head aches and other symptoms long after the incident. Football is one of the many sports where concussions are a very real and often injure. Concussions used to be just brushed under the carpets, and when you told a doctor about your head they just tell you to rest up and apply ice. Recently doctors and other professionals in the medical field are just realizing how serious concussions are for short term and long term effects. Many professional sports players especially football and hockey are the main athletes that suffer from serious head injuries like these,mainly beacuse these sports are hardfast hard hitting sports that often result to hefty blows tothe head.