New York lawmakers will consider ban on tackle football

[mountaineer]

New York lawmakers will consider ban on tackle football
By Kenneth Garger
October 30, 2019
New York Post

New York lawmakers will consider a ban on tackle football for children 12 and younger — as new research has linked playing the sport from a young age to a higher probability of suffering from degenerative brain disease.

Members of the state Assembly’s health committee heard testimony in Manhattan on Tuesday from those who support the ban — including a former college football player — as well as opponents of the measure. ...

Boston University School of Medicine recently released a new study that found the more years children play youth football, the more likely they are to suffer from the degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

An opponent of a ban, Scott Hallenbeck, the executive director of USA Football, said his national organization over the years has implemented numerous measures to increase player safety. ...

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[EdJames]

Truth of the matter, full contact football is probably safer for chillun under the age of 12 than for other age groups....  players aren't as fast, nor are they as heavy....



In a related matter, I saw another study that found the more years children attend public schools, the more likely they are to suffer from the emotional, spiritual, and mental malady called progressivism, later in life....

[skeeter]

There was a teacher employed by my kids’ Lutheran primary school, Mrs Stevens was her name, who got very nervous around spirited boys and wouldn’t let the kids compete in conventional sports.
Instead of baseball she’d have the kids scream at the top of their lungs, play ‘wombat ball’ or have three legged races. Football horrified her.

Today there are an army of Mrs Stevens out there and I think they’re running everything.

[mountaineer]

Truth of the matter, full contact football is probably safer for chillun under the age of 12 than for other age groups....  players aren't as fast, nor are they as heavy....

That makes sense.