Question

review the second and third paragraphs.
six thousand cheerleading - related emergency room visits involved injuries to the head, neck, or face. this included 1,070 concussions and dozens of head and neck fractures. nonetheless, despite their higher rate of serious injuries, few people are calling for bans on hockey, gymnastics, or cheerleading. it is the appearance of danger, not a higher injury rate, that has attracted negative attention toward youth football.
3 the fact is, there is no safe sport, contact or otherwise. data from the national center for catastrophic sport injury research show that the majority of catastrophic sports injuries for young people are indirect. on the football field, heat stroke or heart failure is more likely to cause a catastrophic injury than a hard tackle or a collision. these risks are not specific to youth football. they are common to other sports such as
what do the second and third paragraphs do?
the two paragraphs distinguish high - risk sports from low - risk sports and show that football is low risk.

Explanation:

The second paragraph compares injury rates of cheerleading, hockey, gymnastics with youth football, showing negative attention on football is due to perceived danger. The third paragraph states no sport is safe and catastrophic injuries in youth sports (including football) are often indirect, common across sports. The given answer is wrong as the paragraphs don't distinguish high - low risk sports or claim football is low - risk. Instead, they show football's negative attention is about appearance of danger and that all sports have risks.

Answer:

The given answer is incorrect. The second and third paragraphs: 1. In the second paragraph, it compares the injury situation of cheerleading (with a relatively high serious injury rate) and youth football, showing that youth football gets negative attention because of the appearance of danger rather than a higher injury rate. 2. In the third paragraph, it states that no sport is completely safe and that catastrophic sports injuries for young people (including in football) are mostly indirect and common across multiple sports, not specific to youth football. They do not distinguish high - risk and low - risk sports or claim football is low - risk.