SACRAMENTO BEE: Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation limiting full-contact football practice for California teenagers, his office announced Monday.
The legislation comes amid increasing concern about brain injuries in football. Assembly Bill 2127, by Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, prohibits middle school and high school football teams from holding full-contact practices during the off-season and limits them to no more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season.
Nineteen other states have banned full-contact high school football practices in the off-season, according to a legislative analysis… (more)
EDITOR: HIgh school football has long been a community tradition, but parents and school officials have a responsibility to protect children. If a parent were to continuous smack the head of a youngster, they would be arrested for child abuse!. It is time to encourage our kids to play less dangerous soccer.
