Study: Brain problems linked to tackle football before age 12

Professional football players who began full tackle football earlier than age 12 were more likely to develop memory and cognitive problems later in life, a new study of NFL retirees found. While there were problems for players who started before and after age 12, the study found a significant difference in cognitive performance for the two…

2 thoughts on “Study: Brain problems linked to tackle football before age 12

  1. Well, the Patriots won.
    Hopefully Swamp Rabbit made a few bucks by betting on the winning team this time?
    It would be interesting to know how many of our male politicians began playing football before the age of 12?
    Wanna bet there are lots of them? And that most of them are Republicans?

  2. We didn’t have PeeWee football around when I was growing up. Looks like that was a good thing.

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