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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 1542565, member: 780"] That's true. But I''m convinced based on a lot of data, that youth football is as safe as soccer and a lot safer than the neighborhood boys on their own at the field at the end of the block. I'm sympathetic to the risk. I am. And it amps way up when they get to high school. But I'm as concerned about the impact of parent's with all these fears on their kids. The parents never saw a safety device they didn't like. The kids are constantly supervised. All their activities are organized. If they allow them to ride tricycles in the driveway at all, they are decked out in helmets and knee pads. All this parental fear is going to have an impact on these kids. But I know former football players who can hardly walk in their 50's. [/QUOTE]