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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 877013, member: 2265"] Just a though I have been harboring for a bit. With all of the concussion science emerging and a wave of concern for player safety, the historic decline in youth football participation is likely to continue and perhaps, accelerate. It is starting to appear that the best way to reduce risk is to reduce the number of contact practices - period. The data seems pretty conclusive. If that is truly the case I would not be surprised to see a trend toward fewer contact practices. If that happens nationally (and it will happen if moms take the war path) the the advantage of Spring football would be mitigated a great deal. If the AMA or some medical body comes out with a suggested maximum number of contact practices per year, the gap between NYS and other states could close dramatically. This won't happen tomorrow but stay tuned. [/QUOTE]