Dr. Robert Cantu today spoke with NPR about the youth football game in Massachusetts that resulted in five concussions for five players from one team. He also reiterated much of what he told SportsLetter earlier this month in an interview on concussions in youth sports.
As heard on NPR:
Robert Cantu: “Several years ago I went to the leaders of USA Football and basically expressed my concerns ... and I said ‘It’s insane to be putting five-year-olds out there and letting them bash heads.’ And they said to me, basically, ‘Bob, look, we wouldn’t care if we were playing flag football but the parents won’t sign the kids up for flag football so we have to offer them tackle football.’ ”
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