The End of Football For Men and Boys? Readers and Experts Discuss Where We Go...
We want to know what you think. — RSVP for Weekly Calls on The Disposability of Men – For years, the NFL has obfuscated and tried to push under the rug the serious long-term health effects of playing...
View ArticleParents Behaving Badly, Part I: 5 Bad Parenting Attitudes In Youth Sports
Hank Zona reads us parents the riot act for the negative impact we have on our children in Part I of his three-part series on adults and youth sports. — I have read some probing pieces lately about...
View ArticleDo These Militant Football Tactics Push Boys Into Greatness or Cause...
When the “Spartans of the Arena” take the field it’s after punishing days of practice rivaling Hell Week, making Friday Night Lights “look like a cakewalk.” — Turning boys into men is a tricky...
View ArticleHere’s Why You Shouldn’t Send Your Child to Football Camp
Embed from Getty Images — Sending Your Kid to Football Camp? We urge you to reconsider. While the benefits of fresh air, exercise, and teamwork are well known by the football community, the inherent...
View ArticleIs Youth Football Past Its Prime?
Embed from Getty Images — Roger Pielke Jr., University of Colorado High school football participation may have peaked. That’s the argument I make in a recent analysis for the international sports...
View ArticleProposed End to Youth Tackle Football Under 12 in Illinois: Safety and Health...
(Chicago, IL) – Football is inherently a dangerous game. But it shouldn’t be that way for children, and it won’t be under a new legislative proposal that would end youth tackle football in Illinois....
View ArticlePushing Back Against Football, For Our Boys and Men: The First Annual CTE...
(HOUSTON, January 30, 2017) We gathered on Sunday night in a hotel room at the St. Regents Hotel in Houston. The families of men and boys who had played football, got CTE, and lost their lives. Chronic...
View ArticleYouth Enthusiasm for Football Related to Fitting in, not Love of Sport
Embed from Getty Images — Editor’s note: This Comment of the Day is in reply to Travis Simpson’s article “Youth Football in the Age of CTE: One father’s struggle to let his son play the sport he...
View ArticleDo Football Heroes Always Get The Beautiful Girls?
— The Promise “You gotta be a football hero to get along with the beautiful girls. A touchdown getter, you bet. The fact that you are rich and handsome won’t get you anything in curls; you gotta be a...
View ArticleOwning a Kids Football Coaching Franchise
— UK base “We Build Footballers” can help build skill and techniques for on and off the field. Football has become one of the most popular sports in the world but it doesn’t start and end with the team...
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