The CBS News (10/27, Reynolds) website reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement regarding youth football, saying that the way the game is played “must change.” The group wants an emphasis on “proper tackling technique” and calls for “zero tolerance for illegal head-first hits.”
HealthDay (10/27, Norton) reports that in its statement, AAP “suggests kids be given more opportunities to play flag football and other tackle-free variants of the game.”
MedPage Today (10/27, Walker) points out that the policy statement “was presented at a plenary session at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting and published simultaneously online in Pediatrics.”
Related Links:
— “Pediatricians call for end to hard hits in high school football,” Dean Reynolds, CBS News, October 26, 2015.