Three reasons little kids shouldn’t play football

Keith Stradler wants to see very young children playing soccer - not just the danger of concussion. He believes that this sport teaches children that they are rude and selfish, that masculinity is power, that femininity is supporting the bystanders. He said older players could separate sports from life, but for young players this is not easy

Finally, at the end of the college football season, Keith Strudler of Marist College 's sports communication department shared his views on children on the field.

Marist College, Director of Sports Communication Center, KEITH STRUDLER: I think it's time for us to finish youth football.

I am not talking about NFL, college football, even high school and junior high school. I am children higher than them, children from 5 to 10 years old, primary school children, children, when they wear shoulder pads.

Let's clarify that. I like youth sports, I saw a lot of soccer. I embrace the children to gain a positive virtue from the organized track and field competition.

So, why do you want to get rid of child football? I have three reasons, none of them are related to concussion, which is a good reason.

For beginners, children playing football are as natural as pigs playing the piano. They can do it, but it is being forced. Children of such age hardly understand simple relationships such as the relationship between mum and cousin Jacob, or why you can not eat cotton candy at dinner. But we are trying to teach them how the left tackle can cover the blind side of my team. For infants who have developmental ideas and bodies, they should move and explore before remembering the script.

The first thing the coach says to the team in the youth football game is that you do not do anything, and if you try, someone will throw a yellow flag and bring the team into trouble.

Finally, what lessons did the young child have from playing soccer? Are boys competing, are the girls cheering? Does the success come from the power of brute force? Or is it the task of life to take someone's property called field property here?

I hope that these are gradually disappearing structures in a joint, idea-based society. You can say that this is a problem for senior children of football. But as we get older, a more detailed understanding of the difference between cognitive development and sports and reality. A 6 - year - old child may not notice that football is not a metaphor of life.

Now, this does not mean I will never be late for youth football. Imagine football, as everyone touches the ball, most people score, kids participate in all competitions, boys and girls play together. That is football where I can put my children.

When I did not participate in the competition, my life never happened. When I was a child I played T ball, football, basketball, but in the end I played tennis with friends and small balls. My family will play little punk, Connect For,! And life was not that we were all participating in the mini golf course at the time. I do not know how it will affect other children, but for me the so-called benefits of these activities - exercise and fun time - were not so important for me. The important thing is victory. Take my mother, father, sister as an example, I started to understand naturally since I was young. So I will focus on trying to win

"I think that there is no need to play soccer at least until I become a high school student." - From this early age and early in my life, the need for tackle, tackle, I do not think it's big. Even waiting to play football to high school did not hinder some of the greatest players in the history of NFL. In fact, the top 5 NFL players were waiting until they turned 14 to play football: Jerry Rice, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Walter Payton and Tom Brady. We formed the biggest team under 14 years of age in football, which consists of the players who started football to high school.

Last year, 3 million children between the ages of 6 and 18 play football organized in the United States. In 2014, nearly 47,000 boys from the state of Illinois participated in high school student rugby competitions. Given the current understanding of CTE, is it still meaningful for children to solve soccer problems? The youth football league organizer and the school administrator with the football program should ask the same question. The growing concern about responsibility should be part of the calculation. Pop Warner, the largest youth football league in the United States, was a former Wisconsin family member who filed a $ 5 million lawsuit at the age of 11 and played for four years. He committed suicide at the age of 25 and his brain test showed CTE