Maybe they are outliers . But I am going to take their thoughts seriously considering their experiences.
So your two buddies opinions count and nobody else’s do. Makes total sense. Go find the stats for youth football concussions and get back to me. That’s right, you don’t actually care about the data. You care about “feels”. you and all the other blue haired idiots can keep your kids from playing sports while allowing them to use puberty blockers. Leave the rest of us alone.
Whoa . The discussion is about prohibiting tackle football for kids under 12 in California ! You are off the rails ! And trying to derail this thread
Except there is nothing sensible about the law because it’s based on feelings and not data. If it’s so dangerous why are they doing it gradually? Shouldn’t it be a hard stop? Did we gradually impose the seat belt law you guys brought up as justification? Smoking? Was it well we know it’s dangerous but 8 year olds can still smoke for a few more years? Or anyone over 10 doesn’t need a seatbelt until 198…..
How am I off the rails. You have a state who says puberty blockers are ok but football isn’t. It’s the same governing body, of course it’s relevant. It shows that it’s about their belief system and not rooted in science. Again, post the data. Prove why this law is needed.
Ok so every state law and proposed state law in California is relevant to this discussion according to your logic ? Maybe you took too many tackles to the head at 9 !
Every law. No. But when you say puberty blockers and sex surgery are safe and football isn’t then yea it is.
Jesus! Why the hell are you even on a football board? Shouldn't you be on a knitting or pottery board instead of supporting the activity you believe should be vanquished? And gaming, really! So, sitting on a couch in front of a TV all day is healthy physically and mentally to you?
Interesting thing about the violence- we see and hear the big hits and injuries- but at 40/50- it ends up being the mult little taps 70 plays a game that do the real damage. Take an OL- at tge high levels a starter is in 70 plays a game. Each play is about 7-8 seconds of baseball bats and hammers hitting you from all angles.
He’s a Penn state fan. Maybe he equates all youth football to kids getting raped?
Gradual so the knuckledragging Neanderthal idiots who already have their kids playing tackle at age 5 don’t lose their minds and buy assault rifles and storm Sacramento.
You make good points. As a youth I got knocked out riding my bike (crashed into a telephone pole), playing sandlot baseball (a thrown bat after a strikeout) and backyard football (from hard tackle on me while wearing a helmet and pads).
To be honest how many Pop Warner coaches are actually competent to instruct proper techniques., safety , strength and conditioning since it starts there or should be introduced to the players. How many have undergone evaluations and testing by qualified people. Also because you played high school - college level does not qualify you to instruct young players. Sure you have an idea but also a personal feeling is intertwined in your coaching philosophy. Football is a dangerous sport more so than ever. What is the physical difference between 10-12? Some 10’s are more developed and talented than some older. That has always been true. Do any of you play at age 9-10 against 12-13 year olds? Most here probably have and yes in Pop Warner. At age 10 I was taller. stronger, more physically gifted and too heavy for the 120 lb. 126- lb limit. And no I wasn’t a fatty… it should discussed but not mandated. Mandated has now become the” In Thing”.
Yep you’re right. And you have lots of these coaches that you say don’t know how to teach tackling properly to 8 and 9 year old kids. Not a good situation
Comparing tackle football to bathrooms is a new milestone for this board.
Yep and the right wing nut moderators allow it.
Getting a bill passed sometimes involves compromises. The recent compromise to change to gradual implementation over the next 5 years allows more youths who are already playing organized tackle football to continue playing, which softens the bill slightly and increases the chance of the bill being passed, at least in the eyes of the bill sponsors.
I’m all for teaching flag and tackle football … that 7-9-10 year old is not going to cause serious injury … more serious injuries biking, skate boarding , and any number of sports for young kids. It is the responsibility of the parents to decide for their children not some politician , school board member or other outsider. Wonder if Gavin played football?
Then ban all sports where injury is possible. Biking, skate boards, lacrosse, roller blading… stupidity by the stupid. Everything has an injury risk… actually this is more about ability to control than concern for injury to a 8-9-10 up to high school.
Where I live in California “Friday Night Lights” flag football is huge. Played year round, though junior high. All of the other sports leagues avoid scheduling anything on Fridays as a result. The interest in football isn’t going anywhere here.
