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Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
Friends of mine whose kids play have said the same thing. These kids aren't hitting at a hard velocity at ages 7 and 8. It's when they start to enter double digits and put mass and muscle on. IMO, demand coaches teach and enforce proper tackling. Don't just make a law and tell everyone they can't play.
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02-05-2018, 10:46 PM #26
Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
Suprisingly girls soccer has a higher rate of concussions that football. Boys soccer is close, but does not average as many.
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02-05-2018, 10:54 PM #27Regular 1st Stringer
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02-06-2018, 09:15 AM #28
Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
I played football... Im a huge proponent of how much it teaches kids to grow up. There's a sense of responsibility to yourself and your teamates which isnt present in other sports. If you dont show up, dont put in the work all year, you will be the weak link, and you will be the reason your team fails. Most schools/coaches also expect a certain code of conduct on and off the field as well.
However, the older I get, the more I agree with waiting until the high school age to start playing tackle football. By this point in a kids life, they will have a better idea on what "long term" side effects could be from a collision sport. I feel the kids who start in pop warner or peewee football get so ingrained that "football - identity" that they dont have a choice.
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02-06-2018, 09:17 AM #29
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02-06-2018, 10:00 AM #31
Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
Great, just what we need, the Government telling us what's best for us. JFC.
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02-06-2018, 10:01 AM #32
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Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
why do we need the government in this? can't parents just make that decision on their own? dafuq is wrong with america these days.
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02-06-2018, 10:08 AM #33Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14
Yup. As I posted earlier my 7 year old son is in flag football and loves it. There is also tackle for his age but the league just isn't run as well and is not as popular. My wife and I decided flag is the way to go. That's the key MY WIFE AND I DECIDED. Not the the state or the local government but we the parents deciding what was best for our child. If my neighbor decides to let his son or daughter play tackle football then that's their decision. I wouldn't stop them nor do I feel like I have the right to stop them. It's their call for what is best for their family
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02-06-2018, 10:12 AM #35
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