“How can a parent let their child be subjected to this?”
They do this to get the kid’s ready for a D1 Scholarship and then onto the NFL. Sounds like this league is for the more “ambitious” parents to showcase their kids talent. When you have D1 schools offering Scholarships to kids as young as 12 and 13.. the parents are biting at the bit. The parents, IMHO, are living vicariously through their children. No different than any other “stage” mom. The video clip shows at least two helmet to helmet hits.. scary to me.
As a former high school and college football coach, I feel kids should NOT play organized sports before the age of 10...Even then, the coaches of the youth teams should be mandated to attend clinics given by area high school and college coaches before being allowed to coach...Proper techniques need to be taught to some of the coaches as illustrated by this trailer...Head-on tackling drills should be performed at not more than 1-2 yds apart and beginning with 1/2 to 3/4 speed to show the proper techniques. These coaches need to be reminded that this is a game FOR the kids...not for the glory of a youth coach Lombardi....