Moreover, if you are banking on your kid making the NFL, keep in mind that only 6.9% of high school football players play college football and only 1.6% of NCAA players make it to a major ...

This photo provided by the University of Maryland shows Terrence Byrd, president of the Maryland Heat, a youth tackle football program, speaking to players after practice in Fort Washington on Nov ...

Children playing youth football is declining, says a new survey. Most parents are saying no to youth football for their kids, according to results from a new survey by the Barrow Neurological ...

Some states, including California, New York and Illinois, have discussed banning tackle football for children under 12. Nowinski adds, “We now have the data that show that playing youth tackle ...

As sign-ups for youth football get underway this spring, a new study reveals that Americans may love their football, but half now believe that kids should not play the tackle version of the game ...

Playing football professionally has been linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease. But what happens to children who start the sport early, before they even ...

Finally, Dr. Cantu recommends that the playing of tackle football in children 14 years and younger be stopped because of the potential damage that may be occurring to their under-defended and ...

My son didn't start playing until he was 12.'' USA Football says participation in youth football has been relatively stable in recent years, at about 3 million kids - but USA Football executive ...

The statistics show that tackle football isn’t as dangerous as people think. Kids simply aren’t big or strong enough to cause significant damage to each other.

— -- A new study has found that children who play youth football may take more high-magnitude hits to the head than originally thought. Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State ...

Parents worry kids can’t play in youth football playoff after waivers revoked by: Grace Hewitt, Channing King. Posted: Oct 11, 2023 / 04:01 PM EDT. Updated: Oct 11, 2023 / 09:27 PM EDT.