Need to include Soccer, Lacrosse and Hockey if it is all about safety. And yes I think it is ridiculous when I see kids 6,7,8 etc in full football equipment.

Proposed law would ban tackle football for kids under 12 in Illinois

Tackle football would be banned for children younger than 12 under a proposed state law that will be unveiled Thursday in Chicago.

Citing growing worries about the long-term impact on the brain of repeated blows to the head on the field, a group that includes former NFL players and physicians is expected to formally announce the Dave Duerson Act at a news conference.

The proposed law is named for the former Bears player who took his life in 2011 at age 50 and was later found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions.

Backers of the bill also point to research suggesting that repeated blows to the head — even those that don’t produce the symptoms of a concussion — could also be a cause of CTE, and that the risk is higher for those who began tackle football as young children.

A news release said state Rep. Carol Sente, a Vernon Hills Democrat, will introduce the legislation “aimed at helping youth enjoy the game while reducing long-term health risks.”

I prefer allowing parents to decide what sports they want their kids to play.

I prefer allowing parents to decide what sports they want their kids to play.

Public high schools probably should be playing football with taxpayer funds.

What terrible thought are you trying to convey here?

Public high schools probably should be playing football with taxpayer funds.

Everyone calls me crazy when I say they are determined to destroy every last shred of American culture, but here they are trying to literally ban football.

Everyone calls me crazy when I say they are determined to destroy every last shred of American culture, but here they are trying to literally ban football.

You show symptoms of extreme, terminal faggotry...perhaps you should've played a sport as a kid instead of making out with boys in theater.

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12 seems like an arbitrary number

12 seems like an arbitrary number

It's better to be tried by twelve than carried by six.