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Overuse injuries and burnout pushing more kids out of sports

More than 60 million children and adolescents participate in organized sports, but about 70% get out of the game by age 13 because of injury and burnout. A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics looks at what doctors say is a growing epidemic of sports-related injuries as children play and train more without resting. CBS News' Naomi Ruchim has more.
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