No Tackling? Lawmaker Seeks Ultimate Answer to Football Hits

ABC News ^ | February 4, 2017

[SMGFan]

Growing evidence of a link between football hits and brain injuries has led all 50 states to pass laws aimed at protecting young people from concussions, but a New York lawmaker wants to go even further — banning tackle football.

"Football is the only major sport where on every single play, the objective is to violently hit the competition," said Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, whose measure would bar youth football leagues from allowing anyone 13 or younger to tackle.

And while his bill has gained little support since the Bronx Democrat first introduced it four years ago, with some legislative colleagues bashing it as government overreach, experts say the times may be changing.

[Reily]

The answer to the question is - RUGBY!

When I was in college and for ten years after it was the answer to all questions.

RUCK OVER’EM !

[HotHunt]

I played rugby in college. A much more physical and rougher game than football. No substitutions, no huddles, no timeouts, non-stop running. You had to play with injuries or you didn't play. And we didn't wear helmets or pads.

My opinion? This is the fuzzy-headed liberals trying to sanitize our football culture to match their view of the world as seen through their rose-colored glasses.