A new PSA from the Concussion Legacy Foundation, compares tackle football to smoking in terms of potential long-term health damange it can have on kids.
This week, a no B.S. PSA was released by the Concussion Legacy Foundation on the topic. It likens the potential long-term damage the sport can have on children to children smoking cigarettes.
In the short but jarring video, a group of young children are in the midst of a game of football. After a tackle, the coach congratulates the team on their performance and hands out cigarettes to all. As they exhale smoke, a child’s voice explains, “Tackle football is like smoking. The younger I start, the longer I am exposed to danger. You wouldn’t let me smoke. When should I start tackling?” During the montage, a smiling mom lights up her son’s cigarette.
The PSA is part of the “Tackle Can Wait” campaign, a movement set forth by two daughters of former NFL players who both were diagnosed with CTE after their deaths. Rebecca Carpenter, whose father was Lew Carpenter, and Angela Harrison, the daughter of college football player Joe Campigotto. They are trying to encourage parents to hold off signing their kids up for tackle football until they are at least 14, to reduce the risk of CTE.
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