Helmets for youth football?

[Boca]

f***ing unbelievable

 

Here

[OakHey]

[ManxRed]

That's gotta smart.

[Gilps]

That should help the youngsters perfect their heading technique

[Swan Red]

they can f*** off

 

seriously

[Eskimo]

I bet that stung...

[Stevie H]

bet if they had their way the game would be like 5-a-side and the ball would have to remain below head height.

[McBain]

bet if they had their way the game would be like 5-a-side and the ball would have to remain below head height.

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No keepers. 3 balls on the pitch and each session of play lasting 45 seconds

[Boca]

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Class photo

[SteveT]

"....some soccer officials, parents, and physicians around the nation have recently been pushing for more safety measures for young players, including an outright ban on heading, an integral part of the world's most popular sport."

 

Why don't they just invent some other game where they can all wear all-over body armour and play on foam rubber pitches, call it "soccer" or whatever other stupid name they can think up and stop pissing around with real football.

 

Jesus Wept!

[ManxRed]

Why don't they just invent some other game where they can all wear all-over body armour and play on foam rubber pitches, call it "soccer" or whatever other stupid name they can think up and stop pissing around with real football.

 

Jesus Wept!

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Then they can have a World Cup Tournament in this sport, where they are the only entrants.

 

Oh, hang on...

[SkippyjonJones]

"....some soccer officials, parents, and physicians around the nation have recently been pushing for more safety measures for young players, including an outright ban on heading, an integral part of the world's most popular sport."

 

Why don't they just invent some other game where they can all wear all-over body armour and play on foam rubber pitches, call it "soccer" or whatever other stupid name they can think up and stop pissing around with real football.

 

Jesus Wept!

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I suspect that the people supossedly pushing for this may well have some connection with companies that sell headgear. I understand that the English FA are investigating the impact of head injuries as well.

 

but why let that get in the way of a bit of yank bashing. you just carry on letting your prejudices run away with you.

 

 

 

after all one article means it must be true - musn't it?

 

 

 

or perhaps there are other articles out there that counter this? would that be too much of a stretch for you to contemplate?

 

perhaps some of them might even have been written by some other bloody yanks

 

 

 

like this one.

[Swan Red]

Mike off the high horse eh who's to say he was taking the piss out of yanks rather than just those yanks that are looking to change the very game we grew up loving

[Shadow Moon]

I have seen the program on protective headgear for football, available at http://www.full90.com/

 

The headgear is not a helmet though.

[SkippyjonJones]

Mike off the high horse

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shan't.

 

I like the view from up here

 

 

 

Its yanks so its worth bashing seem to be the attitude.

 

I don;t know enough about the gear to know if its worth while and will protect kids - or just a marketing sham. so inthe meantie I'll sit on my horse about the attitude and on the fence about the headgear.

 

shinpads probably got a similar recpetion when first made compulsorary.

 

Headgear may be a good idea- I am not endorsing it or refuting it just based upon the location of the company.

 

 

Besides they have been approved by Fifa since 2003 - bit late to be making a fuss now.

[SteveT]

I suspect that the people supossedly pushing for this may well have some connection with companies that sell headgear. I understand that the English FA are investigating the impact of head injuries as well.

 

but why let that get in the way of a bit of yank bashing. you just carry on letting your prejudices run away with you.

after all one article means it must be true - musn't it?

or perhaps there are other articles out there that counter this?  would that be too much of a stretch for you to contemplate?

 

perhaps some of them might even have been written by some other bloody yanks

like this one.

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I get the impression you are a little over-sensitive whenever you percieve criticism of Americans as being unfair - I can relate to that as I get p*ssed off by the usual German jokes that have never changed in 60 years, but there's no reason to see prejudice everywhere.

My original point, however, remains - if those mentioned in the article are unhappy with "our" game, no-one is forcing them to play it so they should IMHO do something else and stop messing around with it.

 

By the way, the link was interesting.

[Swan Red]

my main issue was with the banning heading and I would tell the writers of the report to feck off from wherever they wrote it

 

kids under 12 shouldn't have to be heading balls anyway if they are coached properly and certainly not balls adults would use

[Tyler]

Did many players suffer effects from heading the rain soaked leather balls from before the 80s - must have been like heading a medicine ball.

 

Surely todays balls shouldn't cause damage.

 

Kids are more likely to suffer from poor health due to obesity than from heading a football.

 

This kind of issue is a result of too much funding for stupid committees.

[Boca]

I started the thread and certainly didn't intend it as a yank bashing exercise. I actually came across it while looking for an update on the red sox general manager situation

[dorgie]

With strong evidence of long-term neurological damage among a portion of veteran soccer players

 

Obviously Duncan Ferguson helped them out during their research.

[Nebraska Red]

I started the thread and certainly didn't intend it as a yank bashing exercise. I actually came across it while looking for an update on the red sox general manager situation 

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there's yer biggest mistake.

 

being a Red Sox fan.

 

 

 

 

LET'S GO YANKEES !!

[Guest Scot]

there's yer biggest mistake.

 

being a Red Sox fan.

 

 

 

 

 

LET'S GO YANKEES !!

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Yankees = Real Madrid

 

Nomar at 1st base next....

 

Throwing money at everything.

[Boca]

there's yer biggest mistake.

 

being a Red Sox fan.

 

 

 

 

 

LET'S GO YANKEES !!

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Don't want to get into a slagging match about the Sox and the Yanks on the Liverpool forum but let's face it, the Yankees are yesterdays news. Nomar at first base

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Yankees = Real Madrid

 

Nomar at 1st base next....

 

Throwing money at everything.

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Now that is just plain spooky

[Nebraska Red]

Don't want to get into a slagging match about the Sox and the Yanks on the Liverpool forum but let's face it, the Yankees are yesterdays news. Nomar at first base

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and the Red Sox going with a double header General Manager. never going to work in that organization.

 

and who do you have at shortstop?

[Boca]

Don't want to get into a slagging match about the Sox and the Yanks on the Liverpool forum but let's face it, the Yankees are yesterdays news. Nomar at first base

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and the Red Sox going with a double header General Manager. never going to work in that organization.

 

and who do you have at shortstop?

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Theo is coming back as vice president of baseball operations ( which will be the gm job in all but name ), then we trade Manny for Tejada and the shortstop situation is solved. It's all pretty simple really.