Lawmakers in California have proposed a bill that would prohibit minors from playing organized tackle football before they're freshmen in high school.
The legislation, titled the "Safe Youth Football Act," was proposed by Democrats Kevin McCarty and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher.
"The science is clear: head injuries sustained at a young age can harm kids for the rest of their lives," Gonzalez Fletcher said in a statement, according to the Los Angeles Times' Patrick McGreevy. "Developing skills through flag football before high school is sound public policy from a health and safety standpoint."
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