{"id":20125,"date":"2024-01-10T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/new-california-bill-aims-to-ban-tackle-football-for-kids-under-12\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:57:54","slug":"new-california-bill-aims-to-ban-tackle-football-for-kids-under-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/new-california-bill-aims-to-ban-tackle-football-for-kids-under-12\/","title":{"rendered":"New California bill aims to ban tackle football for kids under 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>SACRAMENTO \u2014 A new bill argues that tackle football should be banned for kids under 12-yeard-old in California.<\/p>\n<p>Football&#8217;s biggest test may come in the California Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not even about concussions. It&#8217;s about repetitive hits to the brain,&#8221; said Assemblymember Kevin McCarty.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A\u00a0Boston University study published in August\u00a0examining 152 athletes who were under 30 when they died showed 41% (63) had signs of CTE. The study shows that 87 of the 152 died by suicide, including 33 who also had CTE. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That data led McCarty to author AB-734, which would outlaw tackle football for those under 12 statewide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If kids want to play tackle, wait until they get to puberty when their bodies are more developed,&#8221; McCarty said.<\/p>\n<p>Youth football coaches are asking for more time after Assembly Bill 1&#8217;s passage in 2019 regulated contact football.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches worry that players won&#8217;t know the right fundamentals and leave themselves prone to injury when the game actually starts. McCarty says that while flag football may be different, the risks may not be worth the reward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can teach tackling once you get to 12 years of age when it&#8217;s fully developed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There&#8217;s only one brain. There&#8217;s only one life, but it&#8217;s a game you can play forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bill will be heard in the California Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee of the state Legislature Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n    Andrew Haubner<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n<p>        <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"Andrew-Haubner_CBS_Headshot.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/04\/08cf0798-83dd-4d48-a898-a87f604788a8\/thumbnail\/80x80\/16b4be6fd7307124f96cc997836e39e4\/Andrew-Haubner_CBS_Headshot.jpg?v=3638d056f7798fc8425d74271bc0b398 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/04\/08cf0798-83dd-4d48-a898-a87f604788a8\/thumbnail\/160x160\/5fe7576552c30f359cc3b1d70d1cdeed\/Andrew-Haubner_CBS_Headshot.jpg?v=3638d056f7798fc8425d74271bc0b398 2x\"\/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Andrew Haubner joins the CBS13 team after spending the last four years running the sports department at KEZI-TV in Eugene, Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"soft-login-gate\" class=\"lazyload soft-login-gate\" data-soft-login-gate-options=\"{\" url=\"\" data-smart-banner-options=\"{\" cookiename=\"\" data-component=\"[\" soft-login-gate=\"\">\n<p>Thanks for reading CBS NEWS. <\/p>\n<p>Create your free account or log in <br \/>for more features.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] SACRAMENTO \u2014 A new bill argues that tackle football should be banned for kids under 12-yeard-old in California. 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