{"id":658754,"date":"2021-08-18T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T17:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658754"},"modified":"2021-08-18T13:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T17:51:54","slug":"brett-favre-encourages-parents-to-keep-kids-away-from-tackle-football-until-age-fourteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brett-favre-encourages-parents-to-keep-kids-away-from-tackle-football-until-age-fourteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Favre Encourages Parents To Keep Kids Away From Tackle Football Until Age Fourteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrett-favre-encourages-parents-to-keep-kids-away-from-tackle-football-until-age-fourteen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1183804291.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Brett Favre is a part of the old-guard NFL. In his playing days, he was the prototypical iron-man, starting at quarterback for a record 297 consecutive games.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His toughness on the field is the stuff of legends, but the Hall of Famer is doing what he can to protect the younger generation from experiencing the head trauma he experienced from his years of playing tackle football.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Favre has partnered with the \u201cConcussion Legacy Foundation\u201d in order to encourage parents to prevent their children from playing tackle football before the age of 14. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/concussionfoundation.org\/Favre4Flag\">CLF<\/a>, a \u201cchild\u2019s odds of developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) double every additional three years they play tackle football.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHaving kids play before high school is just not worth the risk,\u201d Favre <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/concussionfoundation.org\/Favre4Flag\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement. \u200b\u200b\u200b\u201dCTE is a terrible disease, and we need to do everything we can to prevent it for the next generation of football players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.2571428571429\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is letting your child play tackle football before age 14 ever a good idea? Brett Favre says no. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E6rav9nO1p\">https:\/\/t.co\/E6rav9nO1p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOKjZAefO0\">pic.twitter.com\/gOKjZAefO0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concussion Legacy Foundation (@ConcussionLF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConcussionLF\/status\/1427633377306365967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Favre joined the crew at NBC on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/brett-favre-urges-no-tackle-football-for-kids-under-14-in-new-psa-118859845821\"><span>Today<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d to discuss his partnership as well as the impacts of CTE.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know what normal feels like,\u201d Favre said when asked how he\u2019s feeling. \u201cDo I have CTE or early-onset? I really don\u2019t know, but I can\u2019t complain. I\u2019m able to do and function as I please for the most part.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cConcussions are a very, very serious thing. And we\u2019re just scraping the service of how severe they are and what are the repercussions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Favre does not have sons of his own, but he does have three grandsons and he was asked what he would say to them about waiting until they\u2019re 14 to play tackle football.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell, they\u2019re 11, 7, and 4, and have not mentioned playing football at all. I am not going to mention it as well. If they choose to play, I will support them, but I am not going to encourage them in any way to play. I\u2019m just fearful of what concussions can do. And it only takes one \u2026 It\u2019s just too risky.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cConcussions are going to happen. Whether it be the playground, in the car, elderly falling, sports,\u201d Favre continued. \u201cAll sports have concussions. So, I\u2019m not going to encourage them to play until there\u2019s a treatment. Right now it\u2019s all prevention and as we know, you can only do so much and concussions are going to happen.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The discovery of CTE has had a large impact on the way the game of football has been played over the past several years. Both college football and the NFL have made major rule changes with the intention of minimizing injuries to the head.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The targeting rules in college football were implemented in 2013, with players that are flagged for the penalty being ejected from the game with an automatic 15-yard penalty. In the NFL, removing the use of the helmet when tackling has been a major focal point by the league. According to the NFL Communications <a href=\"https:\/\/nflcommunications.com\/Documents\/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Use%20of%20the%20Helmet.pdf\">website<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Contact does not have to be to an opponent\u2019s head or neck area \u2014 lowering the head and initiating contact to an opponent\u2019s torso, hips, and lower body, is also a foul. Violations of the rule will be easier to see and officiate when they occur in open space \u2014 as opposed to close line play \u2014 but this rule applies anywhere on the field at any time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Favre has said that he probably had \u201cthousands\u201d of concussions in his playing career and that he does experience symptoms that can be attributed to the repeated blows to the head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel as though I\u2019m lucky, to this point, but&nbsp;\u2026 I find that my short-term memory, someone I met six months ago, it has gotten a lot worse,\u201d Favre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/early-lead\/wp\/2018\/04\/12\/brett-favre-says-he-suffered-probably-thousands-of-concussions\/\">said<\/a> in 2018. \u201cSimple words that would normally come out easy in a conversation, I\u2019ll stammer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <a href=\"mailto:Sports@dailywire.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sports@dailywire.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brett Favre is a part of the old-guard NFL. 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