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Possibly, but the allure of a college scholarship is a strong motivator, and many kids that play football come from poor economic backgrounds with little parental supervision to begin with.

I agree 100% and that will ultimately be the pool of potential players. However, they may not start playing until much later in their careers. When the lawsuits reach down to the high school and pop warner level, which they are starting to do, I predict that many schools and youth programs will not be able to afford the liability coverage to keep the sport.

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Posted by Ralph_Wiggum

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Posted on 6/4/14 at 10:20 am to PaddlingTiger

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I agree 100% and that will ultimately be the pool of potential players. However, they may not start playing until much later in their careers. When the lawsuits reach down to the high school and pop warner level, which they are starting to do, I predict that many schools and youth programs will not be able to afford the liability coverage to keep the sport.

It should go down to what's best for children and teens and let parents make the decisions.

Parents who don't want their kids to play football are not pussies, or liberals, or socialists or hate America. They want what is best for their kids. Now even poor parents want what is best for their kids and there are other sports that some kids can take up. If you are a good athlete you can play other sports besides football.

The speed and coordination and strength needed for football are transferable to other sports. In regards to bulk the truth is that people weren't meant to be 300 pounds of either fat or muscle.

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