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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do parents still let their kids play tackle football these days?  They're finding kids in their teens now with CTE:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/16/us/cte-youth-football.html

Im just trying to understand what calculus parents would ever be able to use to come to conclusion that yeah, it's ok for my kid to play a sport where they can risk permanent brain damage for the rest of their lives, even if they're only playing for a few years.[/quote]

No, no parents anywhere in the entire world still allow their kids to play tackle football.[/quote]

CTE has really only begun getting attention in the last half dozen years or so after the tragic deaths of some major players.  It will be interesting to see if numbers of players drop over the next decade, and whether that is impacted at all by education level, socioeconomic status or region of the country or other factors.[/quote]

Except its trending the opposite.  Youth football numbers are increasing post-Covid[/quote]

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