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Apr 19, 2019
12:52:42pm

Pasadena All-American

"I'm a brain scientist and I let my son play football."

Have her read this. I'm of the opinion that the benefits of participating in a well run youth tackle football program far outweigh the risks.

I'm a brain scientist and I let my son play football

My name is Peter Cummings. I am a forensic pathologist and a neuropathologist, which means I study brain trauma for a living. I am also a football coach and I let my 11-year-old son play football. I may be the only neuropathologist on Earth who lets his kid play football.

https://sports.yahoo.com/im-brain-scientist-let-son-play-football-135727314.html

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Time

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

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..

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

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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