Lasting effects of repetitive blows and concussions is also a serious effect of youth football. Allowing kids to play at a young age, when concussions are more likely, may lead to permanent damage to their mental health and slow brain development. “Repeated jolts to the head, it can cause lasting damage to the developing brain” (Should kids play football?). Doctors have said numerous of times to parents that since the brain is not developed enough to receive blows until around the age of fifteen, kids should not be playing contact sports because the risk is too great. Researchers have been trying to prove that the younger the child starts the greater their chances of permanent damage to their brain and to their lives. “Researches scanned the
