Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Is enrolling your child in youth tackle football any different than allowing your child to box? Our new PSA "Fighting CTE" informs parents that a child’s brain can’t tell the difference between a hit to the head from a boxing glove, or from a football helmet. Repetitive hits to the head can damage the brain, no matter the source.
Now that science has shown a link between youth tackle football and increased risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the question for parents is clear - if you wouldn't let your child box, why let them play tackle football?
Learn more at concussionfoundation.org/fighting-cte
What is CTE?: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/what-is-CTE
Subconcussive Impacts: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/subconcussive-impacts
Flag Football Under 14: concussionfoundation.org/programs/flag-football
Read the recent study published in Annals of Neurology on the link between duration of football play and CTE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.25611
Is enrolling your child in youth tackle football any different than allowing your child to box? Our new PSA "Fighting CTE" informs parents that a child’s brain can’t tell the difference between a hit to the head from a boxing glove, or from a football helmet. Repetitive hits to the head can damage the brain, no matter the source.
Now that science has shown a link between youth tackle football and increased risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the question for parents is clear - if you wouldn't let your child box, why let them play tackle football?
Learn more at concussionfoundation.org/fighting-cte
What is CTE?: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/what-is-CTE
Subconcussive Impacts: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/subconcussive-impacts
Flag Football Under 14: concussionfoundation.org/programs/flag-football
Read the recent study published in Annals of Neurology on the link between duration of football play and CTE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.25611
