A new PSA warns parents to avoid youth tackle football by comparing it to smoking
A young football player stares down his opponents. He hikes the ball. Then the coach passes him a cigarette, which his mother happily lights.
That's the premise for a new PSA from the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which wants parents to consider the long-term damage youth tackle football could inflict on their kids.The new PSA, which premiered Thursday morning on YouTube, kicks off the"Tackle Can Wait" campaign. The goal is for parents to keep kids out of tackle football until they're 14 to lessen their risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
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