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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089276692 Title: No game for boys to play : the history of youth football and the origins of a public health crisis Author: Kathleen Bachynski Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019] ISBN/ISSN: 9781469653693 1469653699 9781469653709 1469653702 OCLC:1089276692

  
  

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No game for boys to play : the history of youth football and the origins of a public health crisis

Author:	Kathleen Bachynski
Publisher:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:	Studies in social medicine.
Edition/Format:	Print book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"In 2016, the NFL admitted a link between degenerative brain disease and injuries resulting from tackle football. This admission sparked a new safety debate in professional football. However, the concerns about players' health do not start at the professional level, but at the beginning and intermediate levels of play. In this book, Kathleen Bachynski tells the story of youth tackle football and the debates over player safety in the United States. In the postwar United States, high school football was celebrated as a "moral" sport for young boys, one that promised the creation of the honorable male citizen. However, Bachynski shows that throughout the twentieth century, coaches, sports equipment manufacturers, and even doctors were more concerned with "saving the game" than young boys' safety. By connecting the study of sport, health, childhood, and masculinity, Bachynski shows the social and physical vulnerability of young football players and how commonly held ideas of masculinity shape sport"--  Read more...
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Subjects	Youth league football -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Youth league football -- Health aspects -- United States. Football for children -- Health aspects -- United States. View all subjects
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