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Originally Posted by GGG
The problem with the current non contact leagues is the skill level is quite poor and that has to do with the peer pressure dynamics that only wussy kids play in the pansy league. This idea that not having kids hit eachother is the panzification of hockey is the attitude that needs to be changed. Watch parents at hockey games and there are parents who want there kids to hurt other kids.
If your argument is why make kids wait to play contact why isn't there a campaign to lower the age bodychecking is introduced? Why is pee wee the perfect age not higher not lower. I agree that with you that the results from this change need to be monitored for 5 or 6 years to see the real affects of the change. Following the studies is what should be done and right now biased or not that study is the best we have. If someone wants to take the same dataset and re-analyse it at comes to different conclusions I would be all for it and if that data showed that hitting in pee-wee reduced injuries in bantam then re-open the discussion but based on the available data we have right now it supports moving the hitting age up.
I suspect over the next 10 years football will be changing. As more and more concussion research is showing that small non-concussion causing hits have a negative cumulative affect you will see a move to limit these types of hits in youth football. Football also will never be the leader as it is even more driven by male ego culture and the dream of playing pro than hockey is.
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In Canada? Sorry, but no.