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Submit Photos and Videos. Double Dollar Deals. Circle - Country Music and Lifestyle. Gray DC Bureau. Investigate TV. Latest Newscasts. Dismiss Weather Alerts Alerts Bar. Brett Favre calls for no tackle football for children under By Juliana Tornabene. Published: Aug. Share on Facebook.

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The CLF claims that a brain bank study of 65 high school football players who did not go on to play the sport in college or professionally found that 16 of them had CTE, and that of that group, 15 began playing tackle football before the age of The organization noted that the prevalence of CTE among all former high school football players is unknown.

While Favre took this emphatic stance, he expressed ambivalence Tuesday about whether NFL players should be vaccinated against the coronavirus. And this is from experts, experts on both sides of the argument. You know, the vaccines that have been administered within the last six to eight months didn't go through a or year human trial study that the FDA requires.

Asked if he himself had been vaccinated, Favre declined to share his status, adding, "It's not my place to say, 'Get the vaccine,' or, 'Don't get the vaccine. Sorry , an error occurred. Get Started. Log In Register. You are logged in. Switch accounts. Offers go here. Choose wisely! We won't share it with anyone else.

If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. Brett Favre says no. The risk of developing the degenerative brain disease from repeat concussions in sports such as football and boxing has been well publicised in recent years. Mr Favre, 51, teamed up with the Concussion Legacy Foundation to highlight the issue, which is most prevalent among players who suffer concussions from an early age.