Tetra Images - Erik Isakson/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under age 12.
AB 734, introduced last year by Sacramento Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, a Democrat, would "prohibit a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program, or a youth tackle football league, from allowing a person younger than 12 years of age to be a youth tackle football participant through the organization or league."
McCarty argued at the time that flag football is safer than tackle football, and that even the National Football League (NFL) has adopted flag football in certain situations.
"The 2023 NFL Pro Bowl was a flag football game for the safety of the players," McCarty said in a statement last year. "Why can t we have that for our youth? AB 734 will help protect kids and nurture their brain development, and not put them in a situation that s proven to
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Men who play tackle football may be at increased risk for parkinsonism or Parkinson s disease, especially with longer duration and higher level of play.