Youth tackle football has been shown to increase risk of brain injury, trauma. The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under ...

The California legislature began debating a bill Wednesday that would ban youth tackle football for children under age 12. AB 734, introduced last year by Sacramento Assemblymember Kevin McCarty ...

A California state committee passed a bill in a vote of 5-2 on Wednesday aimed at banning tackle football in youth sports organizations for kids under the age of 12; the vote was crucial because ...

Under the bill, youth organizations would not allow kids younger than 12 years of age to engage in tackle football ... Wednesday at 9 a.m. The Founder of the California Youth Football Alliance ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's one of America's favorite sports, but for kids under the age of 12, tackle football could soon be a relic of the past in California. It's all thanks to a new bill ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For thousands of kids ... tackle football is once again on the chopping block. A Sacramento area assemblyman introduced a new bill this week. If passed, any child under the age of ...

Children under age 12 would no longer be able ... He said approximately 85,000 kids would be affected by any future ban on tackle football in leagues organized by the likes of Pop Warner-Youth ...

(AP) — California lawmakers will debate on Wednesday whether to ban tackle football for children under 12, a move pushed by advocates seeking to protect kids from brain damage but opposed by ...