When a good ole' boy from down south speaks up against putting an end to a specific part of football in America, the world stops to listen.
Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre is intent on putting an end to youth tackle football in America and believes it's going to take somebody like him to get the ball rolling, per Alex Raskin of the Daily Mail.
“I think it’s going to take someone who has poured his blood, sweat and tearsinto it,” Favre told Alex Raskin of the Daily Mail.
“The state level is a start, but we have to adopt this plan and all do it together,” he said. “The body, the brain, the skull is not developed in your teens and single digits. I cringe. I see these little kids get tackled, and the helmet is bigger than everything else on the kid combined. They look like they’re going to break in half.”
It's a truly amazing story built with more contrasting elements than anything that could dare come close.
Favre, 48, is literally looked upon by millions as the NFL's iron man. Never missing a single game from the season's of 1993 through 2009, Favre's experienced his fair share of injuries and, worse yet, concussions.
Favre doesn't want to see America's youth suffer any more than they have to within the sport he loves so very much. He even politely disagrees with the President.
“The President can say what he wants,” Favre said. “It is a serious issue, and it needs to be dealt with.”
For now, youth football remains in full swing to go along with a greater awareness around tackling properly. While instituting flag football across the board up until high school would, absolutely, lower the level of football skill while entering high school, it just might be the way to go (from Brett Favre's perspective).
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