re: Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre wants youth football outlawed

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You can still learn the fundamentals of the game without playing tackle football.

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You don’t learn how to tackle, nor do you learn overcoming adversity or teamwork. Little boys need that as they’re becoming men, in much the same as they need to be little boys and not little girls. They need to play rough, get some cuts and bruises, and suck it up. That’s all part of the learning curve as a little boy.

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I am not at all saying they should do away with football, I don't want to see that at all, but I do think the game can be played without tackling until 9th grade

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Man, we regularly played tackle football without pads from probably 2nd grade on up. I really don’t see the cause for action here.


What i do see however is a cause for concern as it pertains to how feminine our society has become, and it’s fingerprints are all over this one.