First, high school officials across the state in all sports are undertrained, untrained, and worse.  Science has shown that home officials do prefer the home team and will act upon that preference thus it being likely the officials not only made biased calls but would contribute to the lopsided nature of the game by ignoring the dominant team's damaging hits. Second, football is proven to contribute to brain damage. Parents one more time - brain damage! BRAIN DAMAGE! Not to mention backs, knees, ankles, fingers, and hands. The back injuries can limit life choices and job opportunities for life! Get it yet parents?