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Old 05-09-2013, 12:03 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by MattyC View Post
By what? This has never been done before. What I'm saying is you're never going to eliminate injuries of any kind in a contact sport (as long as it remains contact) and that kids and parents are aware of these risks. And that if they don't want to participate in these risks they have the choice to not play.
Are you aware that there are scientific studies on this very subject? Are you also aware that these studies are based on comparing Quebec to the rest of Canada. Quebec banned hitting in PeeWee in 1995 and injuries in PeeWee have gone down and the change didn't cause injuries in Bantam to increase.
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