Favre Wants Ban On Tackle Football For Younger Kids

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre says a child’s body — the brain and skull — aren’t developed at a young age.  Favre is speaking out in support of an Illinois law which would ban tackle football for players under 12 years of age.  Favre is currently suffering from the long-term effects of head trauma suffered while he was playing 297 consecutive N-F-L games.  He thinks he may have had hundreds, “possibly thousands of concussions,” during the period between 1992 and 2007.  He tells C-N-N the only way to stay safe in football is to not play.  The Illinois Legislature is considering the Dave Duerson Act which would ban tackle football for younger athletes.