Maryland to introduce bill to ban tackle football under age 14

**Desert Raven** · 02-05-2018, 09:00 PM

Sounds like some hippie law that you would see in California.

**ERey** · 02-05-2018, 09:04 PM

I'm not sure I'd want my son to play football. But I sure as hell ain't going to tell another parent they can't let their kids play. Everyone should have the right to decide for themselves.

**WrongBaldy** · 02-05-2018, 09:12 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/s...ain-youth.html
id wait til my kid is 12. he/she gets 2-3 years before playng in high school

**GOTA** · 02-05-2018, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

A Democrat trying to tell folks what's good for them? Say it ain't so...

You’re breaking your own off-season rules

**wickedsolo** · 02-05-2018, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by GOTA

You’re breaking your own off-season rules

I am. You’re right. Infraction received.

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**GOTA** · 02-05-2018, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by WrongBaldy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/s...ain-youth.html
id wait til my kid is 12. he/she gets 2-3 years before playng in high school

My 7 year own plays flag. It’s sponsored by the NFL. It’s the play 60 league. They get great reversible jerseys provided by the NFL. He was the Raiders this year and loved it. For his age it was perfect.

**alien bird** · 02-05-2018, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by GOTA

Any other state pass something similar?

Illinois just introduced something similar (under 12). New York introduced something last year (under 13) but I don't know what happened with that.

**WrongBaldy** · 02-05-2018, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by GOTA

My 7 year own plays flag. It’s sponsored by the NFL. It’s the play 60 league. They get great reversible jerseys provided by the NFL. He was the Raiders this year and loved it. For his age it was perfect.

flag is fine before 12. id wait till 12 for tackle

**moose10101** · 02-05-2018, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by ERey

I'm not sure I'd want my son to play football. But I sure as hell ain't going to tell another parent they can't let their kids play. Everyone should have the right to decide for themselves.

The most recent research into CTE shows that it's repeated hits, not concussions, that are the primary cause. I don't see a downside to delaying the start of those impacts, and completely avoiding them in kids who don't play football in later years. And I'm not buying the argument that kids can't be introduced to proper tackling technique at a later age.

BTW, parents don't have any Constitutional right to expose their kids to whatever potentially dangerous activity they feel like. That doesn't mean we live in a "nanny state". Brain impairment is serious shit.

**The Excellector** · 02-05-2018, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by moose10101

The most recent research into CTE shows that it's repeated hits, not concussions, that are the primary cause. I don't see a downside to delaying the start of those impacts, and completely avoiding them in kids who don't play football in later years. And I'm not buying the argument that kids can't be introduced to proper tackling technique at a later age.

BTW, parents don't have any Constitutional right to expose their kids to whatever potentially dangerous activity they feel like. That doesn't mean we live in a "nanny state". Brain impairment is serious shit.

Taking every avenue away from children creates a new form of impairment. No more gym. No more Liberal Arts. No more contact sports. Your brain has to learn, from experience, how to do and deal with certain things. Stripping children of that experience limits their brain development.

**ERey** · 02-05-2018, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by moose10101

The most recent research into CTE shows that it's repeated hits, not concussions, that are the primary cause. I don't see a downside to delaying the start of those impacts, and completely avoiding them in kids who don't play football in later years. And I'm not buying the argument that kids can't be introduced to proper tackling technique at a later age.

BTW, parents don't have any Constitutional right to expose their kids to whatever potentially dangerous activity they feel like. That doesn't mean we live in a "nanny state". Brain impairment is serious shit.

I agree with some of the sentiment here if proper techniques are taught and regulated kids can play the game. I'd rather emphasize that than pass another law on what families can do. It does seem like over-regulation to me.

The issue isn't the game, it's the players that strap on these helmets (designed better every year) and stick the crown of it into someone's jaw. Like the Brandin Cook hit. The helmet is designed to protect, not act as a battering ram.

With that said, my son loves football and wants to play. However, I've been signing him up for baseball and soccer and just playing football with him in the back yard. I guess when he's a teenager and if he still wants to play we'll address it then.

**Yards** · 02-05-2018, 10:34 PM

Many neurologists will tell you that the younger age is not really the problem, they really
aren't hitting with the velocity that they do at the middle school, high school and college levels.
Taking football away at this age really does nothing. Having said that I have a a 10 year old who is dying to play football and we keep playing soccer.