Flag Football Research Paper

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Did you know from Times Publishing Company? Studies have found a greater risk of memory and cognitive problems among athletes who took up tackle football before age 12. Because children s brains grow so rapidly, repeated blows can stunt development. I feel strongly about this topic because young kids get injured and hurt when it can be prevented by playing flag football instead of tackle football. A couple reasons why tackle football should not be offered to young kids is there are a lot of head to head blows and they are more likely to get injured. Tackle football has a lot of contact and can lead to many injuries. On the other hand, flag football has no contact, and no concussions. First tackle football has a lot of collisions which cause …show more content…
But there are other fun alternatives to football like flag football. Secondly, flag football has no contact, which means less injuries. Injuries still might happen in flag football, but nothing on the level of CTE. Some injuries that could happen would be lower body injuries, like pulled hamstrings and broken ankles. An article from and published by Gale. AYF operates local football programs throughout the United States using various formats including age-based and weight-based divisions and non-contact flag football leagues. Players as young as six years of age are eligible to participate. (Gale,19) As you can see, non-contact football is being played by younger kids with lower risks of injuries. Lastly in flag football there are no concussions, concussions can have effects on you for life, it s not something like a broken finger that can be healed. It affects you for life in some cases, Gale published an article and in that article they stated Hits or blows to the head can cause concussions. An athlete with a concussion may experience a number of immediate symptoms such as dizziness, loss of consciousness, nausea, and temporary memory