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Apr 19, 2019
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Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say
bday
4/19/19 12:12pm
Bronco did
Sandy Lyle
4/19/19 12:13pm
Bronco was big on this idea. Bronco was a surprise guest speaker in one of my
BerkeleyCoug
4/19/19 12:17pm
Bronco may have repeated it, but Lavell said it.
Benfica1
4/19/19 12:20pm
He never said it would be easy, only that it would be worth it.
Goliath
4/19/19 12:13pm
Only if the poster lives in Texas...
CougarThug
4/19/19 9:23pm
Is he asking to play football? A kid being in football prior to HS has little advantage over a kid who waited until HS.
Pimpin4Paradise
4/19/19 12:14pm
wait. what? are you serious with that comment?
BlueFrog
4/19/19 12:21pm
Absolutely
Pimpin4Paradise
4/19/19 12:21pm
crazy talk
BlueFrog
4/19/19 12:22pm
Some of that DEFINITELY is determined by the HS the kid goes to.
Eddie
4/19/19 12:25pm
Balderdash
shakarocks
4/19/19 12:45pm
He's dying to play..he plays flag football now
bday
4/19/19 1:28pm
let him play. where do you live?
BlueFrog
4/19/19 1:40pm
For the record, I played four years of tackle football in grade school and middle school
Sea Chicken
4/19/19 1:38pm
I believe it was Bronco. I loved my little league football experience growing up
Crazy Duck
4/19/19 12:15pm
LaVell wouldn’t let his kids play until high school
titlecoug
4/19/19 12:16pm
True, and when asked what the best preparation for HS football was, Lavell said
NewMexiCoug
4/19/19 12:20pm
He liked Tennis too from what I remember.
Qhall
4/19/19 12:22pm
That's what I heard as well.
Benfica1
4/19/19 12:30pm
Yes. He said start later –high school.
Benfica1
4/19/19 12:18pm
Correct, and Bosco said start them as young as possible..
Bleeding Blue
4/19/19 1:01pm
& my neighbor said to not play at at all. So many opinions. But the OP asked....
Benfica1
4/19/19 1:28pm
Well - according to one of Lavell's nieces...
Eddie
4/19/19 12:20pm
what's your goal? or his goal? i'd put him in now. see where it goes from there
BlueFrog
4/19/19 12:21pm
CTE studies show the longer you wait the better. Lots of fairly well informed
unctoothman
4/19/19 12:22pm
Watch Concussion - that’ll sour him on football.
BlueSioux
4/19/19 6:48pm
We're putting our 9 year old in tackle, but only because he's brilliant...
UberDeek
4/19/19 12:25pm
The Mannings didn't start tackle until 7th grade, Brady didn't until 9th grade
The Chelsea Dagger
4/19/19 12:27pm
"I'm a brain scientist and I let my son play football."
Pasadena
4/19/19 12:52pm
Andy Reid did. Said he would hold his kids off until 13 "knowing what he knows now". This was several years ago.
Rhino84
4/19/19 12:55pm
Remember when he did that Kick, Punt, Pass competition
TNT
4/19/19 1:12pm
They should totally show a clip of that one day when his team is TV!
bruincoug
4/19/19 2:21pm
whatever lavell said, 9 is far too young. jr. high at the earliest.
bruincoug
4/19/19 1:18pm
I really don't think it can hurt. I coached a 10/11 aged team. They are too
oldrugger
4/19/19 2:24pm
do flag football
cruiserhead
4/19/19 3:07pm
Bo Jackson said he'd never put a kid in tackle football.
Archaea
4/19/19 3:14pm
My son started at 7. Pretty funny watching 2nd graders play football
TunaNoCrust
4/19/19 3:33pm
Merlin Olsen on the advice of a friend said to wait until high school. #1 HS QB
ImuaKahuku
4/19/19 4:28pm
Why did you want your kid to play after two concussions?
CougarThug
4/19/19 9:33pm
I believe wholeheartedly they are due to poor form due to poor coaching.
ImuaKahuku
4/22/19 11:32am
8th grade is the quote I remember from LaVell.
Y05
4/19/19 4:49pm
I think most smart people would say 8th or 9th grade. Flag football's perfect...
COACHdrn
4/19/19 5:14pm
RE: Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say
PJMort
4/19/19 5:25pm
RE: Argument with my wife...did Lavell ever say
The Natural
4/19/19 5:32pm
Gary Crowton said wait until around 8th grade
halltocollie
4/19/19 5:35pm
I heard Andy Reid had said that something like not till 8th grade
Jacob
4/19/19 6:42pm
It was a different time where kids played 4 sports and he wanted them doing
travelcoug
4/19/19 7:23pm
I agree with your wife. Flag football till Jr. High. He won’t lose a step.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/19/19 8:13pm
IIRC, LaVell did say that. He said to start them in a sport like soccer when
ManicBlue
4/20/19 2:38am
I played 6th/7th grade tackle, got lazy and didn’t play 8th (didn’t want to run
gww687
4/20/19 5:53am
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