90 min of contact/20 contact days/ncaa rules
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That may be true, but I would say that if you don't play football because you aren't man enough.....then there are issues there too
Texas[/B] already uses this and it really is not that big of a deal due to the definition of "Live action".
Football Practice Limits effective August 1, 2013 : From Texas Football Manual[/B]
During the regular season and post season, no football player is allowed to participate in more than ninety (90) minutes
of full contact practice per week.
For the purposes of the of rule, "full contact" is defined as football drills or live game simulations where "live action" occurs.
Live action, as defined by USA Football, is contact at game speed where players execute full tackles at a competitive pace
taking players to the ground. A team may continue to dress in full pads for practice, but may only participate in live action
drills and game time simulations no more than ninety minutes per athlete per week. It is assumed that when players
are in shells (shorts, shoulder pads, and helmets) no live action drills or simulations will occur. This rule is intended to
limit live action drills and simulations and not the number of practices a team may participate in full pads. A team may
participate in "air," "bags," "wrap," and "thud" drills and simulations at any point. These contact levels are defined below:
• Air- Players should run unopposed without bags or any opposition
• Bags- activity is executed against a bag, shield or pad to allow for a soft-contact surface, with or without the resistance
of a teammate or coach standing behind the bag.
• Wrap- Drills run at full speed until contact, which is above the waist with the players remaining on their feet.
• Thud- Same as wrap but tempo is competitive with no pre-determined winner and the players are not tackling to the
ground.
Football Practice Limits effective August 1, 2013 : From Texas Football Manual[/B]
During the regular season and post season, no football player is allowed to participate in more than ninety (90) minutes
of full contact practice per week.
For the purposes of the of rule, "full contact" is defined as football drills or live game simulations where "live action" occurs.
Live action, as defined by USA Football, is contact at game speed where players execute full tackles at a competitive pace
taking players to the ground. A team may continue to dress in full pads for practice, but may only participate in live action
drills and game time simulations no more than ninety minutes per athlete per week. It is assumed that when players
are in shells (shorts, shoulder pads, and helmets) no live action drills or simulations will occur. This rule is intended to
limit live action drills and simulations and not the number of practices a team may participate in full pads. A team may
participate in "air," "bags," "wrap," and "thud" drills and simulations at any point. These contact levels are defined below:
• Air- Players should run unopposed without bags or any opposition
• Bags- activity is executed against a bag, shield or pad to allow for a soft-contact surface, with or without the resistance
of a teammate or coach standing behind the bag.
• Wrap- Drills run at full speed until contact, which is above the waist with the players remaining on their feet.
• Thud- Same as wrap but tempo is competitive with no pre-determined winner and the players are not tackling to the
ground.
This conversation has taken an unnecessary turn(along the lines of a urination contest...)
...I've known plenty of "real men" who never played football in their lives(just as I've known plenty of poor excuses for men who played football most of their lives...)
Obviously, some dad's want their kids to play football because they have unresolved issues of their own that require them to live vicariously through their progeny; but there are just as many dad's out there who want their kids to play because they know that there are lessons that can be learned playing football that you won't learn through many other venues...
...why else other than the two reasons above would we risk allowing our kids to play a game with so many quantifiable risks(it's not simply because our kids asked us, or in my kids case, begged us to play; there has to be more of a reason than that for us to accept the risk).
Unfortunately, though, the trend among parents who have never played football(and who don't know it's value among young, impressionable youths) is to shy away from the sport because of the data; thus, before you know it, as generation after generation has fewer and fewer parents who had previously played football themselves(and who know the reward and are willing to take the risk for that reward), the game will eventually die(or become a specialized sport like Boxing).
...I've known plenty of "real men" who never played football in their lives(just as I've known plenty of poor excuses for men who played football most of their lives...)
Obviously, some dad's want their kids to play football because they have unresolved issues of their own that require them to live vicariously through their progeny; but there are just as many dad's out there who want their kids to play because they know that there are lessons that can be learned playing football that you won't learn through many other venues...
...why else other than the two reasons above would we risk allowing our kids to play a game with so many quantifiable risks(it's not simply because our kids asked us, or in my kids case, begged us to play; there has to be more of a reason than that for us to accept the risk).
Unfortunately, though, the trend among parents who have never played football(and who don't know it's value among young, impressionable youths) is to shy away from the sport because of the data; thus, before you know it, as generation after generation has fewer and fewer parents who had previously played football themselves(and who know the reward and are willing to take the risk for that reward), the game will eventually die(or become a specialized sport like Boxing).
I don't think a person's feelings on football have anything to do with them personally.
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