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STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH TACKLE FOOTBALL IN CALIFORNIA
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Concussion Expert: Should We Ban Tackle Football Before the Age of 12
Association of Playing High School Football with Cognition and Mental Health Later in Life
Horse Riding Leads Causes of Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine: Youth Football Injuries: A Prospective Cohort
Rugby Laws and culture need change to lower concussion rates(Irish Times)
Youth tackling ban is taking hits(Sun Herald)
No scientific link between youth football and CTE (San Diego Tribune)
Does CTE call for an end to youth tackle football? (Star Tribune)
Save California football? Proposal to ban tackling before high school creates uproar(Sacramento Bee)
Be Skeptical: Will 99% of NFL Players Really Develop CTE? (American Council on Science and Health)
I know about concussion risks. Here’s why I let my 8-year-old play tackle football anyway. (Washington Post)
USA Football: Let Parents, not lawmakers, decide whether kids should play tackle football (USA Today)
Letting Your Kids Play Football Isn’t As Crazy As It Sounds (Huffington Post)
I’m a brain scientist and I let my son play football (Yahoo Sports)
3 reasons why your child should play youth football (USA Football)
Girls’ soccer, basketball players have higher concussion rates than male counterparts (Washington Post)
Brain Trauma Scientists Turn Their Attention To Soccer (Wired.com)
What’s Worse For Your Brain – Drinking or Playing Football? (Daily Beast)
His Death Came After A Motorcycle Accident, but was CTE really to blame? (LA Times)
Pop Warner Is Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit Over Concussions (New York Times)
Girls’ soccer, basketball players have higher concussion rates than male counterparts (Washington Post)
National Pop Warner Statement on California Initiative (Pop Warner website)
Youth Football Under Attack (Southern California Pop Warner website)
Is football really alone among our sports spectacles in killing our children?(CoachFore.org)
Association of Playing High School Football With Cognition and Mental Health Later in Life (JAMA Network Journal)
23 Youth Sports Concussion Statistics (brandongaille.com)
Football and CTE: fear overshadows facts (Yahoo sports)
Participation in Pre-High School Football and Neurological, Neuroradiological, and Neuropsychological Findings in Later Life: A Study of 45 Retired National Football League Players (American Journal of Sports Medicine)
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