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.”

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Why not? Tackle football is trending towards being banned in the NFL at this point.

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Hockey can be left off the list as hockey doesn't introduce checking until 13 or 14.

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I could do without the stupid name, but otherwise seems okay.

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I don't think this is even rationally related to a government interest. Not that the potential effects of sub-concussive hits isn't known, but the problem it poses to society at-large is, at best, totally ambiguous, and you just can't (or shouldn't) go around restricting the populace to perhaps save a handful of people 50 years from now.

This will never pass.

They should raise it to 18.

Probably not one of the things that should be legislated but it's a good idea to not have kids with brain damage.

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

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GO BEARS!!!

This x1000. More big brother bullshit.

Move.

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

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What terrible thought are you trying to convey here?

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MANY

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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 CTE yourself, maybe you should get behind it

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.

this coming from our resident Frenchman

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Are they going to eliminate playground games like 500 and smear the queer? Butts up? I probably got a few head traumas playing those games as a kid.

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- Henry George

You forgot Vince Lombardi High.

Edit: PJ Soles was hot in that movie

A lovely retort.

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- Henry George

12 seems like an arbitrary number

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The town I grew up in played flag football through 6th grade. Tackle started in 7th. Of course, that was 30 years ago and they might have 4 year olds playing tackle now???

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chasbag....

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

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Speak for yourself.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George