![]() ![]() You get guys trying to tackle very hard to send messages through their play. There’s a difference that makes it much more unsafe. In the prepubescent levels, they play hard but they don’t play with an attitude. Immediately they begin to play angry and they have a level of intensity that was not there when they are prepubescent. The time when it really gets dangerous, I’ve seen it time and time again is when a kid reaches puberty. When they’re very little, they can play rougher with each other than you can adults and they come out without a scratch. The speed of the players doesn’t overcome the equipment that protects their bodies. Because of the equipment they are required to wear, the younger they are, the safer they are. I’ve coached youth football for a number of years with my own sons. On proposed legislation to ban tackling in youth football: ![]() ![]() A teammate waved to the sideline and said, “Get him out.” I had no symptoms until a number of minutes after the incident. I few plays later, when a play was called in the huddle, I didn’t know what it was. ![]() I came off the field and felt fine and passed the protocol. It was what happens a lot of times in concussions. Then I didn’t get another concussion for 11 years, until late in my professional career. The third one probably happened because I returned to play too early from the second one. I had three concussions when I was at Northwestern University. His responses are edited for space and clarity: He said he never felt pressure to play when injured and he feels no after-effects from the concussions. Tasker played for the Bills from 1986 through 1997 and was named seven times to the Pro Bowl. March 3 at the Rochester Hyatt Regency.Ĭatholic Charities serves more than 3,000 people of all faiths who live with traumatic brain injuries, HIV/AIDS, chronic illness or developmental disabilities. For ticket information, call Joan Brandenburg at (585) 339-9800 or go to READ MORE: Tackling in youth football? N.Y. Breakfast with Friends with Omalu, 8 to 9:30 a.m.Heads-UP! A Community Conversation on Concussion, is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Two other educational events for parents and professionals are scheduled: Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who took on the National Football League over its handling of concussions and was portrayed by Will Smith in the movie Concussion. Friday at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, the last of three events hosted by Catholic Charities Community Services and Rochester Regional Health to raise awareness of concussions among parents and medical professionals. Tasker, who said he had three head injuries while at Northwestern University, will take part in Brainstorm, a series of panel discussions from 10 a.m. Your body will heal, but the quicker you go back when it’s not 100 percent, the risk you had to begin with is multiplied.” “When you have a concussion, you need to treat it like anything else,” said the 54-year-old former Buffalo Bills wide receiver and special teams star. Steve Tasker would sustain other concussions playing college and professional football. He was on the sidelines, fell and hit his head. His first concussion happened when he was 8 at a basketball camp, but it had nothing to do with the sport. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Watch Video: Former Buffalo Bills star Steve Tasker takes on concussions All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. ![]()
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